oestrum

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Definition of oestrum

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noun

(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A biting insect; a gadfly or botfly.

“In the œstrum or gadfly, the wimble draws out like the pieces of a spy-glass […].”

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noun

(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A biting insect; a gadfly or botfly.

“In the œstrum or gadfly, the wimble draws out like the pieces of a spy-glass […].”
(archaic, countable, figuratively, uncountable)Something that stings or incites one to frenzy or action; an impulse or passion.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)Estrus.

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From Latin oestrum, variant of oestrus.

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