[…] and which is produced by the larvae of oestri and particularly of Oestrus hemorrhoidalis.
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Oestrus
//ˈiːstɹəs//
Synonyms for "oestrus" (10 found)
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Noun(3 words)
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29 translations across 19 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- разгонване noun (a female animal's readiness to mate)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 發情 /发情 noun (a female animal's readiness to mate)
Esperanto
1 entries- oestro noun (a female animal's readiness to mate)
Finnish
1 entries- kiima noun (a female animal's readiness to mate)
French
2 entries- chaleur noun (a female animal's readiness to mate)
- œstrus noun (a female animal's readiness to mate)
German
2 entries- Brunst noun (a female animal's readiness to mate)
- Hitze noun (a female animal's readiness to mate)
Greek
1 entries- οίστρος noun (a female animal's readiness to mate)
Hebrew
1 entries- יִחוּם noun (a female animal's readiness to mate)
Hungarian
2 entries- ivarzás noun (a female animal's readiness to mate)
- tüzelés noun (a female animal's readiness to mate)
Irish
1 entries- éastras noun (a female animal's readiness to mate)
Italian
2 entries- calore noun (a female animal's readiness to mate)
- estro noun (a female animal's readiness to mate)
Japanese
1 entries- 発情 noun (a female animal's readiness to mate)
Korean
1 entries- 발정 noun (a female animal's readiness to mate)
Malay
1 entries- estrus noun (a female animal's readiness to mate)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- قیزغینلق noun (a female animal's readiness to mate)
Polish
1 entries- ruja noun (a female animal's readiness to mate)
Portuguese
2 entries- cio noun (a female animal's readiness to mate)
- estro noun (a female animal's readiness to mate)
Russian
2 entries- те́чка noun (a female animal's readiness to mate)
- э́струс noun (a female animal's readiness to mate)
Spanish
4 entries- berrea noun (a female animal's readiness to mate)
- brama noun (a female animal's readiness to mate)
- cachondez noun (a female animal's readiness to mate)
- celo noun (a female animal's readiness to mate)
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If this is inseparable from the oeconomy of nature, it necessarily follows that man must be subject to the depredations of oestri, ichneumons, . . . and perhaps, thousands of others, which the senses, aided by the directions of a correct understanding, may be able to trace in a way that will fall very little short of absolute demonstration.
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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.
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A vasectomized Philippine carabao bull was used as a teaser to determine the occurrence and recurrence of oestri.
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