rut
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(rŭt) 
n.
To furrow.
rut2 (rŭt)
n.
To be in rut.
n.
- A sunken track or groove made by the passage of vehicles.
- A fixed, usually boring routine.
To furrow.
[Possibly alteration of ROUTE.]
rut2 (rŭt)
n.
- An annually recurring condition or period of sexual excitement and reproductive activity in male deer.
- A condition or period of mammalian sexual activity, such as estrus.
To be in rut.
[Middle English rutte, from Old French rut, from Vulgar Latin *rūgitus, from *rūgere, to roar, from Latin rūgīre, to roar.]
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rut1
noun
- A habitual, laborious, often tiresome course of action: routine, treadmill. Informal grind. Slang groove. See usual/unusual.
noun
- A regular period of sexual excitement in female mammals: estrus, heat, season. See sex/asexual.
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n
Definition: groove, indentation
Antonyms: closing
n
Definition: routine of daily life
Antonyms: break, difference
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The period of increased sexual activity occurring in the autumn (fall) in some male mammals, especially deer and elephants. It is accompanied by increased testicular activity, especially spermatogenesis, and in deer by shedding of the antlers and a marked increase in vocalizing and aggression. The vocalizing is a distinctive deep roar known as ‘the rut’. The aggressive actions have the effect of keeping attending females close and competing males at a distance.
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categories related to 'rutting'
- Sexuality and Libido - rutting: mating urge; estrus; heat
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Rut (mammalian reproduction)
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The rut is the mating season of ruminant animals such as deer, sheep, elk, moose, caribou, ibex, goats, pronghorn and Asian and African antelope.
During the rut (also known as the rutting period, and in sheep sometimes as tupping), males often rub their antlers or horns on trees or shrubs, fight with each other, wallow in mud or dust, and herd estrus females together.
The rut in many species is triggered by a shortening of the length of daylight hours each day. The timing of the rut for different species depends on the length of their gestation period (length of pregnancy), usually occurring so the young are born in the spring, shortly after new green growth has appeared (which provides food for the females, allowing them to provide milk for the young), and when the temperatures are warm enough that the young will not die of hypothermia.
White-tailed deer
The rut for white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) usually lasts from 1–3 months in the Northern Hemisphere and may occur most of the year in tropical zones. The rut is the time when white-tailed deer, especially bucks, are more active and less cautious than usual. This makes them easier to hunt, as well as more susceptible to being hit by motor vehicles.[1]
Some people believe that the white-tailed deer rut is also controlled by the lunar phase and that the rut peaks seven days after the second full moon (the rutting moon) after the autumnal equinox on 21 September. However, study of white-tailed doe conception dates conducted in Minnesota between 1980 and 1987 showed no correlation between peak breeding dates of white-tailed deer and any lunar phase.[2]
A white-tail doe may be in estrus for up to 72 hours, and may come into estrus up to seven times if she does not mate. Cow elk may come into estrus up to four or more times if they do not mate.
See also
References
- ^ Understanding the Rut, Game and Fish
- ^ Whitetail Deer and the Moon, huntonly.com
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Rut
Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - hjulspor
v. tr. - lave hjulspor (i)
idioms:
- in a rut følge samme spor, hænge fast i samme spor
2.
n. - brunst
v. intr. - være brunstig, være i brunst
Nederlands (Dutch)
sleur, karrenspoor, bronst(tijd)
Français (French)
1.
n. - ornière, routine
v. tr. - creuser des sillons dans (la terre), faire des ornières dans
idioms:
- in a rut (être enlisé) dans la routine
2.
n. - (Zool) rut
v. intr. - (Zool) être en rut
Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Spur
v. - furchen
idioms:
- in a rut im (Alltags)trott
2.
n. - Brunst, Brunft
v. - brunften, in Brunst sein
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αυλάκωση, αυλάκι, τροχιά, σημάδι από ρόδα, ρουτίνα, αποτελμάτωση, βαρβατίλα, οργασμός ζώων
v. - βαρβατεύω, γαυριάζω
idioms:
- in a rut σε ρουτίνα
Italiano (Italian)
trantran, rotaia, essere in fregola
idioms:
- in a rut in fregola
Português (Portuguese)
n. - sulco (m)
idioms:
- in a rut rotina (f)
Русский (Russian)
колея, выбоина, брачный период, прокладывать колею, рутина
idioms:
- in a rut погрязнуть в рутине
Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - surco, carril, rodada, ranura, bache
v. tr. - surcar, rodar, transitar
idioms:
- in a rut ser esclavo de la rutina
2.
n. - celo
v. intr. - estar en celo
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hjulspår, vana
v. - följa ett lagt spår
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 车辙, 凹痕, 槽, 常规, 定例, 惯例, 在...形成车辙, 在...挖槽
idioms:
- in a rut 陷入老套, 开始墨守成规
2. 发情, 发情期, 动情
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 車轍, 凹痕, 槽, 常規, 定例, 慣例
v. tr. - 在...形成車轍, 在...挖槽
idioms:
- in a rut 陷入老套, 開始墨守成規
2.
n. - 發情, 發情期
v. intr. - 發情, 動情
한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 바퀴자국, 상습
v. tr. - 바퀴 자국을 내다, 흠을 내다
idioms:
- in a rut 판에 박힌 일
2.
n. - 발정, 발정기
v. intr. - 암내나다, 발정하다
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 轍, 決まりきったやり方, 発情, 溝, 常例
v. - …にわだちを付ける
idioms:
- in a rut 型にはまった
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) طريق, مجرى, قناة (فعل) يحفر, يخدد
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - חריץ באדמה שהוטבע ע"י גלגלים, שגרה, חיי שגרה
v. tr. - הותיר חריצים (באדמה)
n. - עונת הייחום אצל צבאים וכמה יונקים אחרים
v. intr. - היה בעונת הייחום
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