OVIPOSITORS

Noun

ovipositors

plural of ovipositor - a tubular egg-laying organ.

Source: Wiktionary


OVIPOSITOR

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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