musth

/ˈmʌst/
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Other forms: musths

Definitions of musth
  1. noun
    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”
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    type of:
    phase, stage
    any distinct time period in a sequence of events
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