oestrum (English, noun)
expansion: oestrum (countable and uncountable, plural oestrums)
Senses:
glosses: A biting insect; a gadfly or botfly.
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
glosses: Something that stings or incites one to frenzy or action; an impulse or passion.
tags: archaic
countable
figuratively
uncountable
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
physiology
sciences
zoology
glosses: Estrus.
tags: archaic
countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: oestrums
tags: plural