Usually means: Periodic fertility and receptivity state.
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General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. oestrus: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. oestrus: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. oestrus: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Oestrus, oestrus: Vocabulary.com
  5. oestrus: Wordnik
  6. oestrus: Wiktionary
  7. oestrus: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. oestrus: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Oestrus, oestrus: Dictionary.com
  10. oestrus: Online Etymology Dictionary
  11. Oestrus (Genus), Oestrus (fly), Oestrus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Oestrus: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. Oestrus: Rhymezone
  14. Oestrus: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. oestrus: FreeDictionary.org
  16. oestrus: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. oestrus: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. oestrus: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Oestrus: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Oestrus: Medical dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Dairy Glossary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (countable) A biting fly of the genus Oestrus; a botfly.
noun:  (countable) A bite or sting.
noun:  (countable, archaic) A passion or frenzy.
noun:  (countable and uncountable, biology) A female animal's readiness to mate; heat, rut.

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