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Oestrus

A genus of gadflies. The species which deposits its larvae in the nasal cavities of sheep is oestrus ovis.

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Heat 92% connected

A force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but especially in the phenomena of fusion and evaporation, and which, as manifested in fire…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rut 92% connected

Sexual desire or oestrus of deer, cattle, and various other mammals; heat; also, the period during which the oestrus exists.

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Drought noun · 86% connection

a shortage of rainfall; "farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season"

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Drouth noun · 86% connection

a shortage of rainfall; "farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season"

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Estrus noun · 86% connection

applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity

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Conservation noun · 85% connection

the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources

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no longer in existence; "the extinction of a species"

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a wave of unusually hot weather

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the conservation of petroleum resources

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Alluvial adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to, contained in, or composed of, alluvium; relating to the deposits made by flowing water; washed away from one place and…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, gadflies, species, deposits, larvae.
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Analogue noun · 78% connection

A species or genus in one country closely related to a species of the same genus, or a genus of the same group, in another: such speci…

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Argali noun · 78% connection

A species of wild sheep (Ovis ammon, or O. argali), remarkable for its large horns. It inhabits the mountains of Siberia and central A…

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Bighorn noun · 78% connection

The Rocky Mountain sheep (Ovis / Caprovis montana).

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Blowfly noun · 78% connection

Any species of fly of the genus Musca that deposits its eggs or young larvae (called flyblows and maggots) upon meat or other animal p…

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Botfly noun · 78% connection

A dipterous insect of the family (Estridae, of many different species, some of which are particularly troublesome to domestic animals,…

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Bots n. pl. · 78% connection

The larvae of several species of botfly, especially those larvae which infest the stomach, throat, or intestines of the horse, and are…

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Brain noun · 78% connection

The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in th…

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Bullfly noun · 78% connection

Any large fly troublesome to cattle, as the gadflies and breeze flies.

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Burrhel noun · 78% connection

The wild Himalayan, or blue, sheep (Ovis burrhel).

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Chalcid fly noun · 78% connection

any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects; many are beneficial in destroying injuriou…

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Chalcidfly noun · 78% connection

any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects; many are beneficial in destroying injuriou…

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