Ovipositor

[,әuvi'pɒzitә]

Definition

(noun.) egg-laying tubular structure at the end of the abdomen in many female insects and some fishes.

Typist: Nathaniel--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) 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 larvae of other insects, in order to lay their own eggs within the same.

Checker: Witt

Definition

n. the organ at the extremity of the abdomen of many insects by which the eggs are deposited.—v.i. Ovipos′it to deposit eggs with an ovipositor.—n. Oviposit′ion.

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