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Oestrus

noun

Applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity. Synonyms: estrus, heat, rut.

Type genus of the Oestridae: sheep botflies. Synonym: genus Oestrus.

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... of the oestrus bovis—so nearly resemble bots in the horse—or larvae oestrus equi—that, were it not for their increased size, they might readily be mistaken the one for the other. There is, however, one other difference, and that is in the rings which encircle the body; those of the former being perfectly smooth, ...

— Cattle and Their Diseases • Robert Jennings

Words linked to "Oestrus" : arthropod genus, Oestridae, family Hypodermatidae, estrus, Hypodermatidae, sheep gadfly, physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state, rut, sheep botfly, anestrus, family Oestridae