œstrus

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A biting fly of the genus Oestrus; a botfly.

   “[…] and which is produced by the larvae of oestri and particularly of Oestrus hemorrhoidalis.”

2. isim A bite or sting.
3. isim A passion or frenzy.
4. isim A female animal's readiness to mate.

   “In those monoestrous species in which the male is capable all the year round, it is found that the oestri of individual females come at different seasons.”

5. isim Obsolete form of oestrus.

   “Œstrus was noted in a Black-faced ewe (not a virgin) in the beginning of February, and the ewe was served by a ram of its own breed.”