Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Oestrus
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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Oestrus
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(1):
(n.) A vehement desire; esp. (Physiol.), the periodical sexual impulse of animals; heat; rut.
(2):
(n.) A genus of gadflies. The species which deposits its larvae in the nasal cavities of sheep is oestrus ovis.