oestruate
See also: œstruate
English
Alternative forms
Verb
oestruate (third-person singular simple present oestruates, present participle oestruating, simple past and past participle oestruated)
- To be in heat (state of sexual receptivity).
References
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “oestruate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.