单词 | to go musth |
释义 | > as lemmasto go musth Of a male animal, esp. an elephant or camel: in a condition marked by heightened aggression and unpredictable behaviour, usually occurring annually in association with a surge in testosterone level, and equivalent to the rutting season of ungulates; frequently in to go musth. Also: designating a pair of temporal glands which produce a copious sticky secretion on the sides of the head during musth. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [adjective] > relating to mating > in specific reproductive phase hot?a1300 rutey timec1400 jolly1535 proud1575 rutting1575 rank1600 musth1839 oestrual1857 oestral1877 diœstrous1900 oestrous1900 polyoestrous1900 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Proboscidea (elephants) > [adjective] > relating to elephants > in must musth1839 musty1868 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Proboscidea (elephants) > [verb (intransitive)] > be in state of must to go musth1887 must1893 1839 P. M. Taylor Confessions of Thug II. i. 4 One elephant in particular I remarked... The animal was evidently much excited, whether by the noise, the lights, and the crowd, or whether he was must, I cannot say. 1871 J. Forsyth Highlands Central India 287 She is not subject to the danger of becoming ‘must’ and uncontrollable, as male elephants do periodically after a certain age. 1887 R. Kipling Departm. Ditties (1888) 21 The Commissariat hathee had—forgive the rhyme—gone musth. 1893 Sat. Rev. 2 Dec. 611 Mr. Labouchere ‘went must’ on the Matabele business. 1895 B. M. Croker Village Tales (1896) 89 A ‘must’ elephant. 1946 H. J. Rose Anc. Greek Relig. vi. 123 Why..was it ever supposed that an elephant when musth grew calm at the sight of a ram? 1990 D. Attenborough Trials of Life xii. 298 Then a gland on either side of the forehead, the musth gland, begins to pour out a sticky secretion which forms a dark satin down the side of the head. 2001 Hindu (Nexis) 4 Jan. A musth elephant has lived dangerously, survived the threats of thirst, infection, and has spent the whole day following mates, and still puts out all that aroma. < as lemmas |
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