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noun
A biting insect; a gadfly or botfly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Something that stings or incites one to frenzy or action; an impulse or passion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, figuratively, uncountable
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noun
Estrus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, physiology, sciences, zoology
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History
From Latin oestrum, variant of oestrus.
