Antonyms of adj dioestrous

1 sense of dioestrous

Sense 1
diestrous, dioestrous, diestrual, dioestrual -- ((of animals that have several estrous cycles in one breeding season) in a period of sexual inactivity)

INDIRECT (VIA anestrous) -> estrous -- ((of lower mammals) showing or in a state of estrus; in heat; "the estrous state"; "the estrous cycle")

Similarity of adj dioestrous

1 sense of dioestrous

Sense 1
diestrous, dioestrous, diestrual, dioestrual -- ((of animals that have several estrous cycles in one breeding season) in a period of sexual inactivity)
       => anestrous (vs. estrous) -- ((of lower mammals) not in a state of estrus; not in heat; "an anestrous bitch")