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noun
- A biting fly of the genus Oestrus; a botfly.
- (archaic) A passion or frenzy.
- A female animal's readiness to mate; heat, rut.
- 2001: "It"s the supremely human act, freely to fuck, not because you are on heat, or in , like an animal, but to give and receive pleasure." " David Lodge, Thinks...
Etymology: Latin, from Ancient Greek (polytonic, á) "gadfly, breeze, sting, frenzy".
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