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  • adjective Of, relating to, or being in estrus.

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  • adjective Of, pertaining to, or in a state of estrus

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  • adjective (of lower mammals) showing or in a state of estrus; in heat

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  • read this in a story about artificially inseminating the pandas in Washington's National Zoo.

    March 20, 2008