œstrus
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English
Noun
œstrus (countable and uncountable, plural œstruses or œstri)
- Obsolete form of oestrus.
- 1903, Francis H[ugh] A[dam] Marshall, The Œstrous Cycle and the Formation of the Corpus Luteum in the Sheep (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, series B, volume 196), London: or the Royal Society by Dulau and Co., , page 67:
- Œstrus was noted in a Black-faced ewe (not a virgin) in the beginning of February, and the ewe was served by a ram of its own breed.
Anagrams
- Souters, Strouse, estrous, ousters, rousest, sestuor, sourest, souters, toruses, tousers, trouses, trousse, tussore
French
Etymology
From Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oîstros).
Pronunciation
Noun
œstrus m (plural œstrus)
Further reading
- “œstrus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.