See oestrus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "[…] and which is produced by the larvae of oestri and particularly of Oestrus hemorrhoidalis.",
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123,
129
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"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.",
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"(countable) A biting fly of the genus Oestrus; a botfly."
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"A bite or sting."
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"(countable) A bite or sting."
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"A passion or frenzy."
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"(countable, archaic) A passion or frenzy."
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"ref": "1939, The Philippine Agriculturist, page 289:",
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"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: […]",
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"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",
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"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.",
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"ref": "2011, Jacques Pepin, “The Source”, in The Origins of AIDS, 1st edition, →ISBN, page 29:",
"text": "The substantial genital swelling of [female chimpanzees] during oestrus may facilitate transmission of viruses by making the mucosa more fragile.",
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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",
"roman": "fāqíng",
"sense": "a female animal's readiness to mate",
"word": "發情 /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"
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{
"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"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a female animal's readiness to mate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "celo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a female animal's readiness to mate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "brama"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a female animal's readiness to mate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "berrea"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a female animal's readiness to mate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cachondez"
}
],
"word": "oestrus"
}
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