oestrus

The climax or height of the period of sexual desire in female mammals. This is preceded by the procestrum and followed by the metœstrum.

A gadfly; a breeze.

A vehement urging; a stimulus; an incitement.

[capitalized] The typical genus of Œstridæ.

A genus of gadflies. The species which deposits its larvæ in the nasal cavities of sheep is œstrus ovis.

A vehement desire.

The periodical sexual impulse of animals; the period during which female animals are most receptive to males; heat; rut.

A biting fly of the genus Oestrus; a botfly.

A bite or sting.