Musth

2 definitions found

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

  must \must\, musth \musth\(m[u^]st), a. [Hind. mast intoxicated,
     ruttish, fr. Skr. matta, p.p. of mad to rejoice, intoxicate.]
     (Zool.)
     Being in a condition of dangerous frenzy, usually connected
     with sexual excitement; -- said of adult male elephants which
     become so at irregular intervals, typicaly due to increased


     testosterone levels. -- n.
     (a) The condition of frenzy.
     (b) An elephant in must.
         [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  musth
       n : an annual phase of heightened sexual excitement in the males
           of certain large mammals (especially elephants); is
           associated with discharge from a gland between the eye
           and ear; "the frenzied elephant was in musth"