| 单词 | silent heat |
| 释义 | > as lemmassilent heat silent heat n. Veterinary Medicine ovulation occurring without the typical behavioural and physical signs of oestrus; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [noun] > mating > rut > silent heat silent heat1932 1932 W. Orr & F. F. Darling Physiol. & Genetical Aspects Sterility Domest. Animals 26 The more prolonged absence of normal heat occurs in endometritic animals in which ovulation may take place, quite frequently associated with ‘silent’ heat. 1950 N. Barron Dairy Farmer's Vet. Bk. vi. 65 Cows sometimes have short and possibly ‘silent’ heats that pass unnoticed, when the ovary produces the egg but the cow does not show any outward sign of being in season. 2018 K. A. Houpt Domest. Animal Behaviour (ed. 6) iv. 109 One reason for silent heat may be related to the fact that mares do show mate preferences. < as lemmas |
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