Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polyestrous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: polye-strous
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having multiple periods of estrus in a year, or during a breeding season.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English estrous English polyestrous From poly- + estrous.

Synonyms

polyoestrous

Antonyms

monestrous

Questions

What does polyestrous mean?: Having multiple periods of estrus in a year, or during a breeding season.
Where does polyestrous come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English estrous English polyestrous From poly- + estrous.

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