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Monoestéricos y Poliestéricos

English translation: monoestrous and polyestrous

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Spanish term or phrase:	Monoestéricos y Poliestéricos
English translation:	monoestrous and polyestrous
Entered by:	Gilla Evans

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13:49 Oct 19, 2009

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Zoology / Reproduction

Spanish term or phrase: Monoestéricos y Poliestéricos

This is taken from a Mexican text about types of mammal which are present in a particular area:

"Los mamíferos de dividen en dos categorías: Monoestéricos y Poliestéricos. Los primeros se reproducen una sola vez al año [...] los organismos poliestéricos son aquellos que se reproducen en mas de una ocasión por año"

Thank you in advance for any suggestions.

Sonia Clough KudoZ activity Questions: 247 (none open) (5 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 49 United Kingdom
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mono-oestrous and poly-oestrous

Explanation:
in UK spelling

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Note added at 13 mins (2009-10-19 14:02:37 GMT)
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actually mono-oestrus rather than mono-oestrous. I think the cycle itself is called oestrous. In the US they lose the "o"

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Note added at 21 mins (2009-10-19 14:10:46 GMT)
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having checked spelling because of all these variations it seems more common without the hyphen

monoestrous and polyestrous