Oestrus
Translingual
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Oestrus-ovis-larva.jpg/220px-Oestrus-ovis-larva.jpg)
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oîstros, “gadfly”)
Proper noun
Oestrus m
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
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Further reading
Oestrus (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Oestridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Oestrus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Oestrus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Oestrus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.