Oestrus (Genus) definition

Oestrus (Genus)

Topics Oestrus (Genus) Definition

WordNet

(1) Type genus of the Oestridae: sheep botflies

(2) Applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity

WiktionaryText

Latin, from ‘gadfly, breeze, sting, frenzy’.

A biting fly of the genus Oestrus; a botfly.
A passion or frenzy.
A female animal's readiness to mate; heat, rut.
- 2001: ‘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.’ — David Lodge, Thinks...