What is the meaning of Oestrus?

  • (n.) A vehement desire; especially (Physiol.), the periodical sexual impulse of animals; heat; rut.
  • (n.) A genus of gadflies. The species which deposits its larvae in the nasal cavities of sheep is oestrus ovis.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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