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estrus oestrus

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
estrus etc.

▶noun US spelling of oestrus etc.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
oestrus /ˈiːstrəs, ˈɛstrəs/ (US estrus)

▶noun a recurring period of sexual receptivity and fertility in many female mammals; heat.

– derivatives
oestrous adjective.

– origin C17: from Gk oistros ‘gadfly or frenzy’.

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