diestrous

Questions about diestrous

What does diestrous mean?

diestrous means "(of animals that have several estrous cycles in one breeding season) in a period of sexual inactivity".

How many syllables are in diestrous?

diestrous has 2 syllables: die-strous. The stress falls on "die".

What is another word for diestrous?

Close synonyms include dioestrous, diestrual, dioestrual. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is diestrous a common word?

diestrous is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.