ovipositor

ovipositor Definition

ovi·posi·tor (ō′vi päz′i tər)

noun

a special organ of many female insects, usually at the end of the abdomen, for depositing eggs, often in a host
an extension of the female genital orifice of certain fishes

Etymology: ModL < ovi- + L positor, one who places < ponere: see oviposit

ovipositor Usage Examples

Converse of object

Adjective modifier

long: The female has a long, tail-like ovipositor at the end of the abdomen.
upcurved: The female of the more common Short-winged Cone-head is greener, fatter and has an upcurved ovipositor and shorter wings!
female: Antennae, cerci and female ovipositor, much shorter than those of Crickets.

Modifies a noun

morphology: It then used phylogenetically independent methods to make predictions of parasitoid biology based on details of ovipositor morphology.

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