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ovipositor - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'ovipositor' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Ovipositor [ n.]
- 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 larvae of other insects, in order to lay their own eggs within the same.

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ovicapsule ovicell ovicyst ovidian oviducal oviduct oviferous oviform ovigerons ovile

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