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Word: Oestrus
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 16th century (denoting a gadfly): via Latin from Greek oistros ‘gadfly or frenzy’. The sense ‘period of sexual receptivity and fertility’ dates from the late 19th century
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈiːstrəs
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈɛstrəs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a recurring period of sexual receptivity and fertility in many female mammals; heat
Short Definition:recurring period of sexual receptivity and fertility in many female mammals
Examples:- a mare in oestrus
Variant Forms:
- estrus
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