Defenition of the word oestrus

• Defenition of the word oestrus

  • applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity
  • type genus of the Oestridae: sheep botflies

Synonyms for the word oestrus

• • estrus
  • genus Oestrus
  • heat
  • Oestrus
  • rut

Meronymys for the word oestrus

• • family Hypodermatidae
  • family Oestridae
  • Hypodermatidae
  • Oestridae
  • Oestrus ovis
  • sheep botfly
  • sheep gadfly

Hypernyms for the word oestrus

• • arthropod genus
  • physical condition
  • physiological condition
  • physiological state

Antonyms for the word oestrus

• • anestrum
  • anestrus
  • anoestrum
  • anoestrus

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