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musth

noun

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

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Word length
5
Starts with
M
Ends with
H
Contains
US
Scrabble score
10
CEFR level
C1

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noun

  1. 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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The frenzied elephant was in musth

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