OVIPOSITOR

ovipositor

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

ovipositor (plural ovipositors)

(zoology) A tubular protruding organ for laying eggs.

Source: Wiktionary

O`vi*pos"i*tor, n. Etym: [L. ovum an egg + positor a placer, fr. ponere to place.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: 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 larvæ of other insects, in order to lay their own eggs within the same.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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