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a diphthong, employed in the Latin language, and thence in the English language, as the representative of the Greek diphthong oi. In many words in common use, e alone stands instead of /. Classicists prefer to write the diphthong oe separate in Latin words.
A South American ant (Oecodoma cephalotes) remarkable for having two large kinds of workers besides the ordinary ones, and for the immense size of its formicaries. The sauba ant cuts off leaves of plants and carries them into its subterranean nests, and thus often does great damage by defoliating trees and cultivated plants.
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Of or pertaining to sexual desire; -- mostly applied to brute animals; as, the oestrual period; oestrual influence.
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A salt of /nanthylic acid; as, potassium oenanthylate.
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Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, oenanthyl; specifically, designating an acid formerly supposed to be identical with the acid in oenanthic ether, but now known to be identical with heptoic acid.
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[OE. seer, AS. sear (assumed) fr. searian to wither; akin to D. zoor dry, LG. soor, OHG. sor/n to to wither, Gr. a"y`ein to parch, to dry, Skr. /ush (for sush) to dry, to wither, Zend hush to dry. Ã152. Cf. Austere, Sorrel, a.] Dry; withered; no longer green; -- applied to leaves.
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The ketone of oenanthic acid.
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The state of being under oestrual influence, or of having sexual desire.
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Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid formerly supposed to be the acid of oenanthylic ether, but now known to be a mixture of higher acids, especially capric acid.
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A genus of gadflies. The species which deposits its larvae in the nasal cavities of sheep is oestrus ovis.
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See oenomania.
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Having, or imparting, the odor characteristic of the bouquet of wine; specifically used, formerly, to designate an acid whose ethereal salts were supposed to occasion the peculiar bouquet, or aroma, of old wine. Cf. Oenanthylic.
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A hydrocarbon radical formerly supposed to exist in oenanthic acid, now known to be identical with heptyl.
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A vehement desire; esp. (Physiol.), the periodical sexual impulse of animals; heat; rut.
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Persons oe objects, more than two, but not very many.
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An oily substance obtained by the distillation of castor oil, recognized as the aldehyde of oenanthylic acid, and hence called also oenanthaldehyde.
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Sexual desire or oestrus of deer, cattle, and various other mammals; heat; also, the period during which the oestrus exists.
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Alt. of Oeillade
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Alt. of Oesophageal
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See Supra-esophagal.
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