n. A state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus; -- applies to nonhuman mammals.
n. a state or interval of sexual inactivity or quiescence between periods of activity; -- of animals having several estrous cycles in one breeding season.
‖n. [ L., a gadfly; also, frenzy, fr. Gr. &unr_; gadfly; hence, sting, fury, insane desire, frenzy. ]