musth

musth also must  (mst)

n.

An annual period of heightened aggressiveness and sexual activity in male elephants, during which violent frenzies occur.

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[Urdu mast, from Persian, drunk, from Middle Persian.]

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musth, must [mʌst]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (often preceded by in) a state of frenzied sexual excitement in the males of certain large mammals, esp elephants, associated with discharge from a gland between the ear and eye

[from Urdu mast, from Persian: drunk]

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musth also must  (mst)

An annual period of heightened aggressiveness and sexual activity in male elephants.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

musth - 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" phase, stage - any distinct time period in a sequence of events; "we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected"