Excited (originally with reference to the attendant increase in bodily heat). Full of or characterized by sexual desire, lustful; sexually…

rutey time: rutting time.

Of animals: In heat. Obsolete exc. dialect.

Of a female animal, esp. a bitch: undergoing oestrus; in heat. Now regional.

attributive, as rutting call, rutting season, rutting time, etc.

Of a person: lustful, licentious (English regional in later use); (of a female animal) in heat.

Of a male animal, esp. an elephant or camel: in a condition marked by heightened aggression and unpredictable behaviour, usually occurring…

= oestrous, adj.

= oestrous, adj.

Of, relating to, or associated with (an) oestrus; designating a period of oestrus; in oestrus, in or on heat.

(of an animal) ovulating more than once each breeding season; (of a reproductive cycle) characterized by such ovulation.