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rut

(rŭt)
n.
1. A regularly recurring condition of fertility during which breeding occurs in certain mammals, especially deer and various other ungulates: a buck in rut.
2. The period during which this condition occurs.
intr.v. rutted, rutting, ruts
To be in rut.
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rut

the period of maximum testicular activity in male mammals (compare OESTRUS CYCLE), particularly applied to the period of sexual activity in deer.
Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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In another research conducted by Bertuliene et al., rut depth was measured on experimental road section from the day of section's construction and the geosynthetic-reinforced and control sections were compared.
The roughness of the road surface, assessed by IRI, depends on the size of fatigue cracks and the average depth of ruts (Caliendo 2012; Loizos, Plati 2008).
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However, for the pavements with the ruts of about 35 mm in depth the differences in the speed distributions are noticeable and are significant for the rut depth of about 50 mm (Fig.
Other hunters prefer the early rut stages, when bucks are starting to patrol rub and scrape lines and their increasing intolerance of other males makes them more susceptible to aggressive calling and raiding.
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