Ovipositor Definition

ōvə-pŏzĭ-tər
noun
A special organ of many female insects, usually at the end of the abdomen, for depositing eggs, often in a host.
Webster's New World
An extension of the female genital orifice of certain fishes.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Ovipositor

Noun

Singular:
ovipositor
Plural:
ovipositors

Origin of Ovipositor

  • From Latin ovum (“egg") + Latin positor (“one who deposits").

    From Wiktionary

Ovipositor Sentence Examples

  • The female lays her eggs in a slit made by means of her "saw-like" ovipositor in the leaf or fruit of a tree.

  • They have chiefly been studied in the female, and form the sting and ovipositor, organs peculiar to this sex.

  • Jointed cerci always present; ovipositor well developed.

  • Ovipositor developed.

  • Ovipositor always well developed, and often modified into a sting.

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Words Starting With

OOVOVI

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RORTOR

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