Oestrus Definition

ēstrəs, estrəs
noun

Estrus.

Webster's New World

A biting fly of the genus Oestrus; a botfly.

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A bite or sting.

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(archaic) A passion or frenzy.

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A female animal's readiness to mate; heat, rut.

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pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the family Oestridae "” the gadflies.

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Other Word Forms of Oestrus

Noun

Singular:
oestrus
Plural:
oestruses

Origin of Oestrus

  • From the Latin oestrus (“gadfly", “sting", “frenzy"), from the Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oistros), from Proto-Indo-European *eis, used to form words denoting passion; see also Latin ira (“anger"), Lithuanian aistra (“violent passion"), Avestan [script?] (aesma, “anger")

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  • New Latin, from Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oistros, “gadfly")

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Oestrus Sentence Examples

  • In animals galls occur mostly on or under the skin of living mammals and birds, and are produced by Acaridea, and by dipterous insects of the genus Oestrus.

  • She required hormone injections to initiate oestrus and was given the choice of mates (using an old-fashioned breeding technique ).

  • Readers are introduced to behavior aspects of reproduction, such as how to detect oestrus and how to minimize neonatal mortality.

  • In real oestrus, sows show the so-called standing response.

  • This time is known as " postpartum oestrus " which means that she can be nursing one litter While being pregnant with another.

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