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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈiːstɹəs/, /ˈɛstɹəs/ Audio: en-uk-oestrus.ogg [UK] Forms: oestruses [plural], oestri [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin oestrus (“gadfly, sting, frenzy”), from Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oîstros), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eys-, used to form words denoting passion; see also Latin īra (“anger”), Lithuanian aistra (“violent passion”), Avestan 𐬀𐬈𐬯𐬨𐬀 (aesma, “anger”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|oestrus||gadfly, sting, frenzy}} Latin oestrus (“gadfly, sting, frenzy”), {{der|en|grc|οἶστρος}} Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oîstros), {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₁eys-}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁eys-, {{cog|la|īra||anger}} Latin īra (“anger”), {{cog|lt|aistra||violent passion}} Lithuanian aistra (“violent passion”), {{cog|ae|𐬀𐬈𐬯𐬨𐬀|t=anger}} Avestan 𐬀𐬈𐬯𐬨𐬀 (aesma, “anger”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|+|oestri}} oestrus (countable and uncountable, plural oestruses or oestri)
  1. (countable) A biting fly of the genus Oestrus; a botfly. Tags: countable Categories (lifeform): Oestroid flies
    Sense id: en-oestrus-en-noun-WbIZ1mgT Disambiguation of Oestroid flies: 55 10 7 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 10 4 34 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 68 8 3 21
  2. (countable) A bite or sting. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-oestrus-en-noun-MwJzSgK9
  3. (countable, archaic) A passion or frenzy. Tags: archaic, countable
    Sense id: en-oestrus-en-noun-O0MAI8TJ
  4. (countable and uncountable, biology) A female animal's readiness to mate; heat, rut. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Biology Translations (a female animal's readiness to mate): разгонване (razgonvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 發情 (Chinese Mandarin), 发情 (fāqíng) (Chinese Mandarin), oestro (Esperanto), kiima (Finnish), œstrus [masculine] (French), chaleur [feminine] (French), Brunst [feminine] (German), Hitze [feminine] (German), οίστρος (oístros) [masculine] (Greek), יִחוּם (yichúm) [masculine] (Hebrew), tüzelés (Hungarian), ivarzás (Hungarian), éastras [masculine] (Irish), 発情 (hatsujō) (alt: はつじょう) (Japanese), 발정 (baljeong) (Korean), estrus (Malay), estro [masculine] (Portuguese), cio [masculine] (Portuguese), те́чка (téčka) [feminine] (Russian), э́струс (éstrus) [masculine] (Russian), estro [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-oestrus-en-noun-LwVn6hd8 Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of "a female animal's readiness to mate": 0 0 0 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: œstrus [archaic], estrus [US] Derived forms: oestrogen

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /ˈoe̯s.trus/ [Classical], [ˈoe̯s̠t̪rʊs̠] [Classical], /ˈes.trus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈɛst̪rus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oîstros). Etymology templates: {{der|la|grc|οἶστρος}} Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oîstros) Head templates: {{la-noun|oestrus<2>}} oestrus m (genitive oestrī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|oestrus<2>}} Forms: oestrī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], oestrus [nominative, singular], oestrī [nominative, plural], oestrī [genitive, singular], oestrōrum [genitive, plural], oestrō [dative, singular], oestrīs [dative, plural], oestrum [accusative, singular], oestrōs [accusative, plural], oestrō [ablative, singular], oestrīs [ablative, plural], oestre [singular, vocative], oestrī [plural, vocative]
  1. gadfly Tags: declension-2, masculine Categories (lifeform): Insects Synonyms: asīlus, tabānus
    Sense id: en-oestrus-la-noun-PvF8KQ6d Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension

Inflected forms

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      "form": "oestrō",
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "oestrīs",
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    },
    {
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        "accusative",
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "oestrō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oestrīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oestre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
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    }
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
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          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
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        },
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            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
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        [
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          "gadfly"
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        {
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        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈoe̯s.trus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈoe̯s̠t̪rʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈes.trus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɛst̪rus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "oestrus"
}
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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English terms borrowed from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "en:Oestroid flies"
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  "derived": [
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      "word": "oestrogen"
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      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "3": "",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "aistra",
        "3": "",
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬀𐬈𐬯𐬨𐬀",
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      "name": "cog"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin oestrus (“gadfly, sting, frenzy”), from Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oîstros), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eys-, used to form words denoting passion; see also Latin īra (“anger”), Lithuanian aistra (“violent passion”), Avestan 𐬀𐬈𐬯𐬨𐬀 (aesma, “anger”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "oestruses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oestri",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~",
        "2": "+",
        "3": "oestri"
      },
      "expansion": "oestrus (countable and uncountable, plural oestruses or oestri)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1915, American Veterinary Review, page 407",
          "text": "[…] and which is produced by the larvae of oestri and particularly of Oestrus hemorrhoidalis.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1963, Bacteriological Reviews, page 92, column 1",
          "text": "If this is inseparable from the oeconomy of nature, it necessarily follows that man must be subject to the depredations of oestri, ichneumons, . . . and perhaps, thousands of others, which the senses, aided by the directions of a correct understanding, may be able to trace in a way that will fall very little short of absolute demonstration.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A biting fly of the genus Oestrus; a botfly."
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      "links": [
        [
          "fly",
          "fly"
        ],
        [
          "Oestrus",
          "Oestrus#Translingual"
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        [
          "botfly",
          "botfly"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) A biting fly of the genus Oestrus; a botfly."
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      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A bite or sting."
      ],
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        [
          "bite",
          "bite"
        ],
        [
          "sting",
          "sting"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) A bite or sting."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A passion or frenzy."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "passion",
          "passion"
        ],
        [
          "frenzy",
          "frenzy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable, archaic) A passion or frenzy."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "en:Biology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1910, Cleveland Medical Journal, page 517",
          "text": "In those monoestrous species in which the male is capable all the year round, it is found that the oestri of individual females come at different seasons.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1939, The Philippine Agriculturist, page 289",
          "text": "A vasectomized Philippine carabao bull was used as a teaser to determine the occurrence and recurrence of oestri.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1962, Neoplasma, page 152",
          "text": "An evaluation was carried out so that the mean number of oestri per one animal was calculated for 14 days in the three periods: […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1980, The Zimbabwe Journal of Agricultural Research, page 73",
          "text": "Intervals between oestri and between ovulations in dairy cows within 100 days post partum",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, David Lodge, Thinks...",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Jacques Pepin, “The Source”, in The Origins of AIDS, 1st edition, page 29",
          "text": "The substantial genital swelling of [female chimpanzees] during oestrus may facilitate transmission of viruses by making the mucosa more fragile.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A female animal's readiness to mate; heat, rut."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biology",
          "biology"
        ],
        [
          "mate",
          "mate"
        ],
        [
          "heat",
          "heat"
        ],
        [
          "rut",
          "rut"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable and uncountable, biology) A female animal's readiness to mate; heat, rut."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈiːstɹəs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛstɹəs/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-uk-oestrus.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/12/En-uk-oestrus.ogg/En-uk-oestrus.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/En-uk-oestrus.ogg",
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        "UK"
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      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "œstrus"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "word": "estrus"
    }
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razgonvane",
      "sense": "a female animal's readiness to mate",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "разгонване"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a female animal's readiness to mate",
      "word": "發情"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fāqíng",
      "sense": "a female animal's readiness to mate",
      "word": "发情"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a female animal's readiness to mate",
      "word": "oestro"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a female animal's readiness to mate",
      "word": "kiima"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a female animal's readiness to mate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "œstrus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a female animal's readiness to mate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chaleur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a female animal's readiness to mate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Brunst"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a female animal's readiness to mate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hitze"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "oístros",
      "sense": "a female animal's readiness to mate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "οίστρος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "yichúm",
      "sense": "a female animal's readiness to mate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "יִחוּם"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a female animal's readiness to mate",
      "word": "tüzelés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a female animal's readiness to mate",
      "word": "ivarzás"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a female animal's readiness to mate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "éastras"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はつじょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hatsujō",
      "sense": "a female animal's readiness to mate",
      "word": "発情"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "baljeong",
      "sense": "a female animal's readiness to mate",
      "word": "발정"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "a female animal's readiness to mate",
      "word": "estrus"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a female animal's readiness to mate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "estro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a female animal's readiness to mate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "téčka",
      "sense": "a female animal's readiness to mate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "те́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "éstrus",
      "sense": "a female animal's readiness to mate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "э́струс"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a female animal's readiness to mate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "estro"
    }
  ],
  "word": "oestrus"
}

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      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "estre",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: estre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: estre"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "oestrus",
            "3": "estrus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: oestrus, estrus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: oestrus, estrus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "œstre",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: œstre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: œstre"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "estru",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: estru",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: estru"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "estro",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: estro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: estro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frm",
            "2": "oestrus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle French: oestrus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle French: oestrus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "estro",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Piedmontese: estro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Piedmontese: estro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "estro",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: estro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: estro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "estro",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: estro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: estro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mul",
            "2": "Oestrus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Translingual: Oestrus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Translingual: Oestrus"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "οἶστρος"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oîstros)",
      "name": "der"
    }
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    {
      "form": "oestrī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
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      "form": "oestrus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oestrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oestrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oestrōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oestrō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oestrīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oestrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "oestrōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "oestrō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oestrīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oestre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oestrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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      },
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    }
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        "1": "oestrus<2>"
      },
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 2-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin masculine nouns",
        "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin nouns with red links in their inflection tables",
        "Latin second declension nouns",
        "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "la:Insects"
      ],
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        "gadfly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gadfly",
          "gadfly"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈoe̯s.trus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈoe̯s̠t̪rʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈes.trus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɛst̪rus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "asīlus"
    },
    {
      "word": "tabānus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "oestrus"
}

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