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Oestrum

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A biting insect; a gadfly or botfly. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "In the œstrum or gadfly, the wimble draws out like the pieces of a spy-glass […]."

  2. 2
    Something that stings or incites one to frenzy or action; an impulse or passion. archaic, countable, figuratively, uncountable
  3. 3
    Estrus. archaic, countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Latin oestrum, variant of oestrus.

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