musth also must (m st)n. An annual period of heightened aggressiveness and sexual activity in male elephants, during which violent frenzies occur. [Urdu mast, from Persian, drunk, from Middle Persian.] |
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]
| musth also must (mst) An annual period of heightened aggressiveness and sexual activity in male elephants. |
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| 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" |
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