rut
n 1 : an annually recurrent state of sexual excitement in the male deer : broadly : sexual excitement in a mammal (as estrus in the female) esp. when periodic 2 : the period during which rut normally occurs - often used with the vi, rut*ted rut*ting : to be in or enter into a state of rut .
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