oestrus
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of oestrus
First recorded in 1690–1700; from Latin, from Greek oîstros “gadfly, sting, madness”
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The zoo said Kukena, nicknamed Kuki, recently had her first oestrus and her genitalia became more pronounced which alerted them to her true gender.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2018
Odour cologne Decades before the famous smelly T-shirt research, another pioneering study took place that also suggested that human females have oestrus.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 11, 2018
Because females that haven't mated when they are in oestrus can develop problems with their uterus, the rare encounters that do take place often come to naught.
From Nature ● May 30, 2012
In the dog, however, the period of the oestrus cycle is about the as that of gestation—namely, six months.
From Hormones and Heredity by J. T. Cunningham
The Indians consider them to belong to the same species with the oestrus that deposits its ova under the skin: to us the larvae of the former appeared more flattened than those of the latter.
From The Journey to the Polar Sea by John Franklin
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