musth

[muhst] /mʌst/
noun
1.
a state or condition of violent, destructive frenzy occurring with the rutting season in male elephants, accompanied by the exudation of an oily substance from glands between the eyes and mouth.
Also, must.
Origin
1870-75; < Urdu mast < Persian: literally, drunk
Examples from the web for musth
  • Elephant temporal gland ultrastructure and androgen secretion during musth.
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British Dictionary definitions for musth

musth

/mʌst/
noun
1.
(often preceded by in) a state of frenzied sexual excitement in the males of certain large mammals, esp elephants, associated with discharge from a gland between the ear and eye
Word Origin
C19: from Urdu mast, from Persian: drunk
musth in Science
musth also must
  (mŭst)   
An annual period of heightened aggressiveness and sexual activity in male elephants.