(physiology) The cycle associated with the maturation of the oocyte and its discharge from the ovary, from where it passes through the oviduct to the uterus.

(physiology) The repeating physiological changes that are influenced by hormones controlling reproduction in placental mammals other than human beings and greater apes.

(sports) someone who cycles on a track

(historical) The chorus that performed the songs and dances of the dithyrambic odes at Athens, dancing round the altar of Bacchus in a circle.

(historical) Any of certain epic poets who followed Homer, and wrote only about the Trojan war and its heroes. / (by extension) Any of a coterie of poets writing on one subject.

plural of cyclic poet

plural of cycle rickshaw

A rickshaw, mostly used as taxi, with two wheels in the back for the carriage and one wheel for steering in the front (or sometimes vice versa), propelled by the action of a driver’s feet upon pedals.

(pathology) Cystitis accompanied by pockets of air in and around the bladder due to the presence of gas-forming microorganisms.

A lachrymatory agent introduced in World War I.