English Explanatory Dictionary

Bruce effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The tendency for female rodents to terminate their pregnancies following exposure to the scent of an unfamiliar male.

Word forms

Bruce effect Bruce effects

Etymology

First noted in 1959 by Hilda M. Bruce.

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