About The Word Ovipositor
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Ovipositor
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What's The Definition Of Ovipositor?
[n] egg-laying tubular structure at the end of the abdomen in many female insects and some fishes
Synonyms | Synonyms for Ovipositor: Related Terms | Find terms related to Ovipositor: See Also | organ Ovipositor In Webster's Dictionary \O`vi*pos"i*tor\, n. [L. ovum an egg + positor a
placer, fr. ponere to place.] (Zo["o]l.)
The organ with which many insects and some other animals
deposit their eggs. Some ichneumon files have a long
ovipositor fitted to pierce the eggs or larv[ae] of other
insects, in order to lay their own eggs within the same.
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