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rutting

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rut 1  (rt)
n.
1. A sunken track or groove made by the passage of vehicles.
2. A fixed, usually boring routine.
tr.v. rut·ted, rut·ting, ruts
To furrow.

[Possibly alteration of route.]

rut 2  (rt)
n.
1. An annually recurring condition or period of sexual excitement and reproductive activity in male deer.
2. A condition or period of mammalian sexual activity, such as estrus.
intr.v. rut·ted, rut·ting, ruts
To be in rut.

[Middle English rutte, from Old French rut, from Vulgar Latin *rgitus, from *rgere, to roar, from Latin rgre, to roar.]
Translations
rutting [ˈrʌtɪŋ]
A. ADJ (Bio) → en celo
B. CPD rutting season Népoca f de celo
rutting [ˈrʌtɪŋ]
adjen rut
rutting season nrut m


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Nor was there any way, out of her inexperience, for her to know that the cosmic feel she caught of him was that most cosmic of things, love, which with equal power drew men and women together across the world, compelled stags to kill each other in the rutting season, and drove even the elements irresistibly to unite.
 
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