sex cycle

sex cycle
sexual cycle 1. a series of recurring physiologic changes in the genital organs of nonpregnant female mammals; they typically come at regular intervals. The two types are the menstrual c. and the estrous c. See also ovarian c. 2. the period of sexual reproduction in an organism that also reproduces asexually.

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