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oestrum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
oestrum
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A biting insect; a gadfly or botfly.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

Something that stings or incites one to frenzy or action; an impulse or passion.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

noun

Estrus.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin oestrum, variant of oestrus.

Origin

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Usage

Inflected Forms

oestrums (plural) aestro (alternative) oestro (alternative)

Questions

What does oestrum mean?
A biting insect; a gadfly or botfly.
Where does oestrum come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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