Diestrus

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  diestrus \diestrus\ n.
     a state or interval of sexual inactivity or quiescence
     between periods of activity; -- of animals having several
     estrous cycles in one breeding season.
  
     Syn: diestrum.


          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  diestrus
       n : (of animals having several estrous cycles in one breeding
           season) a state or interval of sexual inactivity or
           quiescence between periods of activity [syn: {diestrum}]