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‖ œstrum|ˈiːstrəm, ˈɛs-|
Also 8 œstron.
[med.L., var. of œstrus (Isidore Orig. xii. viii. 15).]
1. = œstrus 1; in quot. 1656 applied to a flea; in 1854 a parasite infesting fish (a sense of Gr. οἶστρος).
1656S. Holland Zara (1719) 17 Defying the eagerness of those sanguine-coated æstrums. 1706Phillips, Œstrum, or Œstrus, the Gad-Bee. 1778Sketches for Tabernacle Frames 26 Madd'ning Mares, by Lust or Oestron stung. 1854Badham Halieut. 186 The conduct of the poor thunny under the scourge of the sea œstrum.
2. a. fig. = œstrus 2 a.
1663Butler Hud. i. ii. 495 What Oestrum, what Phrenetick Mood Makes you thus lavish of your Blood? 1728Jefferson Notes Virginia 234 Love is the peculiar œstrum of the poet. 1848Clough Bothie iii, Other times stung by the œstrum of some swift-working conception. 1886Symonds Renaiss. It., Cath. React. (1898) VII. ix. 83 When..the real divine oestrum descends upon him.
b. Physiol. = œstrus 2 b.
1772Ann. Reg. 173/1 The times, in which animals of different species feel the œstrum, by which they are stimulated to the propagation of their respective kinds. 1857in Mayne Expos. Lex., Œstrum, Œstrus. 1878G. Fleming Text-bk. Vet. Obstetr. 55 The rutting, heat, œstrum, or venereal œstrum of animals is analogous to ‘menstruation’ in woman. 1900[see oestrus 2 b]. 1925[see acceptance 1 b]. 1939Brit. Birds XXXII. 251 The ‘false œstrum’ which temporarily affects so many birds during this period. 1963Jubb & Kennedy Path. Domestic Animals I. i. 11/1 Oestrum may not occur, or be irregular. |