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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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