oestrus

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A biting fly of the genus Oestrus; a botfly. countable
    — […] and which is produced by the larvae of oestri and particularly of Oestrus hemorrhoidalis.
  2. A bite or sting. countable
  3. A passion or frenzy. archaic,countable
  4. A female animal's readiness to mate. countable,uncountable
    — 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.

词形变化

oestruses plural oestri plural œstrus alternative,archaic estrus alternative,US

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁eysh₂-der.
Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oîstros)der.
Latin oestrusbor.
English oestrus
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”).
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