Hyphenation of oestrus

Are you trying to hyphenate oestrus? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.

oestrus

Definitions of oestrus:

1.	Applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity
2.	Type genus of the Oestridae: sheep botflies

Synonyms of oestrus:

noun	estrus, heat, rut, physiological state, physiological condition
noun	Oestrus, genus Oestrus, arthropod genus

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.