Definition of Oestros
||Œs"trus (?), n. [L., a gadfly;
also, frenzy, fr.Gr. &?; gadfly; hence, sting, fury, insane desire,
frenzy.] 1. (Zoöl.) A genus of
gadflies. The species which deposits its larvæ in the nasal
cavities of sheep is œstrus ovis.
2. A vehement desire; esp. (Physiol.),
the periodical sexual impulse of animals; heat; rut.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- a biting fly of the genus Oestrus; a botfly
- (archaic) a passion or frenzy
- a female animal's readiness to mate; heat, rut
*2001: ‘It's the supremely human act, freely to fuck, not because you are on heat, or in oestrus, like an animal, but to give and receive pleasure.' — David Lodge, Thinks...
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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