Oestrus

See also: oestrus and œstrus

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oîstros, “gadfly”)

Proper noun

Oestrus m

A taxonomic genus within the family Oestridae – the gadflies.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Diptera - order; Brachycera - suborder; Muscomorpha - infraorder; Schizophora - section; Calyptrata - subsection; Oestroidea - superfamily; Oestridae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Oestrus ovis - type species

Further reading

Oestrus (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Oestridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Oestrus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Oestrus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Oestrus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Oestrus at Encyclopedia of Life

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