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  1. oestrum: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (oestrum)

noun:  (obsolete) A biting insect; a gadfly or botfly.
noun:  (figurative, now rare) Something that stings or incites one to frenzy or action; an impulse or passion.
noun:  (physiology, zoology, now rare) Estrus.

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