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musth

/muhst/US // mʌst //UK // (mʌst) //

必须,须,必须的,须知

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 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.

Examples

  • Domesticated elephants are generally very gentle and docile; though males in a state of musth often become very dangerous.

  • What was it the Mahometan syce the musth elephant killed at Bhurtpore said about his wife?