oestrus
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈiːstɹəs/
oestrus (plural oestruses)
- A biting fly of the genus Oestrus; a botfly.
- A bite or sting.
- (archaic) A passion or frenzy.
- A female animal's readiness to mate; heat, rut.
- 2001, David Lodge, Thinks...
- ‘It’s the supremely human act, freely to fuck, not because you are on heat, or in oestrus, like an animal, but to give and receive pleasure.’
- 2001, David Lodge, Thinks...
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