Ovipositor

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(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) 1 C! Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:43:51

O`vi*pos"i*tor (?), n. [L. ovum an egg + positor a placer, fr. ponere to place.] Zool.

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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