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Word: Rut
Speech Type: Verb
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
rʌt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(of a deer or other mammal) engage in the rut or annual period of sexual activity
Short Definition:engage in annual period of sexual activity
Examples:- researchers say the deer are rutting earlier
- rutting stags
Word: Rut
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin rugitus, from rugire ‘to roar’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
rʌt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
an annual period of sexual activity in deer and some other mammals, during which the males fight each other for access to the females
Short Definition:annual period of sexual activity in some mammals
Examples:- a moose in rut
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