| oestrus | (n) type genus of the Oestridae: sheep botflies, Syn. genus Oestrus |
| anestrus | (n) applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus, Syn. anoestrum, anestrum, anoestrus, Ant. estrus |
| diestrous | (adj) (of animals that have several estrous cycles in one breeding season) in a period of sexual inactivity, Syn. dioestrual, dioestrous, diestrual |
| estrus | (n) applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity, Syn. rut, heat, oestrus, Ant. anestrus |
| sheep botfly | (n) larvae are parasitic on sheep, Syn. sheep gadfly, Oestrus ovis |
| dioestrual | |
| oestrual | a. [ See oestrus. ] (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to sexual desire; -- mostly applied to brute animals; |
| oestruation | n. (Physiol.) The state of being under oestrual influence, or of having sexual desire. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| oestrus | ‖n. [ L., a gadfly; also, frenzy, fr. Gr. &unr_; gadfly; hence, sting, fury, insane desire, frenzy. ] |
| 发情 | [发 情 / 發 情] oestrus (sexual receptivity in female mammals) #26,542 [Add to Longdo] |
| 催情 | [催 情] to promote oestrus; to bring an animal to heat by artifial means #53,262 [Add to Longdo] |
| 发情期 | [发 情 期 / 發 情 期] the breeding season (zool.); oestrus (period of sexual receptivity of female mammals) #62,866 [Add to Longdo] |
| 発情期 | [はつじょうき, hatsujouki] (n) mating season; estrus (oestrus); estrum; the rut [Add to Longdo] |