Oestrus

Definitions

New Latin, from Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oistros, "gadfly")

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Oestrus season has begun the virgin's blanket lying still upon the feet.

Pinus Timbre 2009
Oestrus season has begun the virgin's blanket lying still upon the feet.

Pinus Timbre J.N. Bower 2009
The Oestrus ovis, or sheep Bot fly (Fig. 82, larva), is of a dirty ash color.

Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872
Even _gorm_ (the large, fully developed, fat larva of the reindeer fly, _Oestrus tarandi_) is pressed out of the skin of the reindeer and eaten, as well as the full-grown reindeer fly.

The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Alexander Leslie 1866
"Oestrus detection does not have to be complicated - I can imagine computer-based heat detection systems are hugely costly, but using tail paints averages just 74p an animal a season."

FWi - All News 2010
Oestrus events were classified according to the criteria detailed below.

PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Lucy A. Bates et al. 2010
Oestrus females roll wantonly in front of males to solicit their attention.

doggdot.us 2009
Lusty, J.A. et al. "Oestrus and Ovulation in the Casiragua Proechimys quairae (Rodentia, Hystricomorpha)."

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 2 1982
Why Do African Elephants (Loxodonta africana) Simulate Oestrus?

PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Lucy A. Bates et al. 2010