Oestrus

See also: oestrus and œstrus

Translingual

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Oestrus m

1. 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.