Oestrus (genus) — Oestrus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta … Wikipedia
Oestrus ovis — noun larvae are parasitic on sheep • Syn: ↑sheep botfly, ↑sheep gadfly • Hypernyms: ↑botfly • Member Holonyms: ↑Oestrus, ↑genus Oestrus … Useful english dictionary
OEstrus — [OE]s trus, n. [L., a gadfly; also, frenzy, fr. Gr. ? gadfly; hence, sting, fury, insane desire, frenzy.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A genus of gadflies. The species which deposits its larv[ae] in the nasal cavities of sheep is {[oe]strus ovis}. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
oestrus ovis — OEstrus [OE]s trus, n. [L., a gadfly; also, frenzy, fr. Gr. ? gadfly; hence, sting, fury, insane desire, frenzy.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A genus of gadflies. The species which deposits its larv[ae] in the nasal cavities of sheep is {[oe]strus ovis}. [1913 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
genus Oestrus — noun type genus of the Oestridae: sheep botflies • Syn: ↑Oestrus • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Oestridae, ↑family Oestridae, ↑Hypodermatidae, ↑family H … Useful english dictionary
Oestrus ovis — Gadfly Gad fly (g[a^]d fl[imac] ), n.; pl. {Gadflies}. [Gad + fly.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any dipterous insect of the genus {Oestrus}, and allied genera of botflies. [1913 Webster] Note: The sheep gadfly ({Oestrus ovis}) deposits its young in the nostrils… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
oestrus — [17] Greek oistros had an extraordinarily wide range of meanings, from ‘madness, frenzy’ through ‘sting’ to ‘gadfly’, and including also ‘breeze’. If, as has been suggested, it is related to Latin īra ‘anger’ (source of English ire [13]),… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
oestrus — [17] Greek oistros had an extraordinarily wide range of meanings, from ‘madness, frenzy’ through ‘sting’ to ‘gadfly’, and including also ‘breeze’. If, as has been suggested, it is related to Latin īra ‘anger’ (source of English ire [13]),… … Word origins
oestrus — noun /ˈiːstɹəs/ a) A biting fly of the genus Oestrus; a botfly. , 2001: ‘It’s the supremely human act, freely to fuck, not because you are on heat, or in oestrus, like an animal, but to give and receive pleasure.’ David Lodge, Thinks... , Chinese … Wiktionary
Oestrus — A genus of tissue invading flies that cause myiasis in sheep; the head botflies in the family Oestridae. O. ovis (a nose fly) is a grayish brown, robust, hairy, beelike botfly, imported from Europe, and now a serious pest in parts of the U.S.;… … Medical dictionary
