Oestrus

[i:strәs]

Definition

(noun.) type genus of the Oestridae: sheep botflies.

Typist: Ora--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A genus of gadflies. The species which deposits its larvae in the nasal cavities of sheep is oestrus ovis.

(n.) A vehement desire; esp. (Physiol.), the periodical sexual impulse of animals; heat; rut.

Typed by Dido