Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
an annual phase of heightened sexual excitement in the males of certain large mammals (especially elephants);
is associated with discharge from a gland between the eye and ear;
- Example: "the frenzied elephant was in musth"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
must \must\, musth \musth\(m[u^]st), a. [Hind. mast intoxicated,
ruttish, fr. Skr. matta, p.p. of mad to rejoice, intoxicate.]
(Zool.)
Being in a condition of dangerous frenzy, usually connected
with sexual excitement; -- said of adult male elephants which
become so at irregular intervals, typicaly due to increased
testosterone levels. -- n.
(a) The condition of frenzy.
(b) An elephant in must.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
musth
n 1: an annual phase of heightened sexual excitement in the
males of certain large mammals (especially elephants); is
associated with discharge from a gland between the eye and
ear; "the frenzied elephant was in musth"