OVIPOSITING

Verb

ovipositing

present participle of oviposit

Source: Wiktionary


O`vi*pos"it*ing, O`vi*po*si"tion, n.

Definition: The depositing of eggs, esp. by insects.

OVIPOSIT

O`vi*pos"it, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Oviposited; p. pr. & vb. n. Ovipositing.] Etym: [See Ovum, and Posit.]

Definition: To lay or deposit eggs; -- said esp. of insects.

O`vi*pos"it, v. t.

Definition: To deposit or lay (an egg).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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