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kiima-aika — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • rut noun A deep groove or track worn into the ground by repeated wheels or footsteps.

Senses

kiima-aika is used for these senses in English:

  • mating season (zoology) The time of the year during which members of a certain species of animal tend to mate.
  • rut (zoology) Sexual desire in any of many mammals, often specific to mating season. [from early 15th c.]

rut — full definition

  1. noun A deep groove or track worn into the ground by repeated wheels or footsteps.
  2. noun A fixed, boring routine that feels hard to escape.
  3. noun The mating season of certain male mammals, such as deer, marked by heightened sexual activity.

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