Musth


[muhst] /mʌst/

noun
1.
a state or condition of violent, destructive frenzy occurring with the rutting season in male elephants, accompanied by the exudation of an oily substance from glands between the eyes and mouth.
/mʌst/
noun
1.
(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
musth also must
(mŭst)
An annual period of heightened aggressiveness and sexual activity in male elephants.

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