oestrus
noun/ˈiːstrəs/
/ˈestrəs/
(British English) (North American English estrus)
[uncountable] (specialist)- a period of time in which a female animal is fertile and ready to have sex compare be on heatWord Originlate 17th cent.: from Greek oistros ‘gadfly or frenzy’.
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