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Structure at tip of female abdomen which deposits eggs
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The ovipositor is an organ used by some animals for oviposition, i.e., the laying of eggs. It consists of a maximum of three pairs of appendages formed to transmit the egg, to prepare a place for it, and to place it properly. In some insects the organ is used merely to attach the egg to some surface, but in many parasitic species (primarily in was...
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Structure used by females to lay eggs.
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• (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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The reproductive organ through which a female fish deposits her eggs. In some fish this is always visible, as in the female Betta splendens where it appears as a small white bump at the base of the abdomen.
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The tubular or valved egg-laying apparatus of a female insect: concealed in many insects, but extremely large among the bush-crickets and some parasitic hymenopterans.
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(o″vĭ-pos´ĭ-tәr) a specialized organ by which many female insects deposit their eggs.
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The ovipositor is an extensible tube on the abdomen of a female insect which is used to place eggs in a suitable location in plants, the ground or in other organisms. Often capable of great drilling power. Hence oviposition - the act of egg-placing.
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O`vi·pos'i·tor noun [ Latin
ovum an egg + positor a placer, from
ponere to place.]
(Zoology) 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 la...
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Egg-laying apparatus.
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The tubular or valved egg-laying apparatus of a female insect: concealed in many insects, but extremely large among the bush-crickets and some parasitic hymenopterans.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: ō′vi-poz′i-tŏr, -tōr Definitions: 1. A specialized female organ especially well developed in insects for laying or depositing eggs.
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n] - egg-laying tubular structure at the end of the abdomen in many female insects and some fishes
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The egg-laying apparatus; the external genetalia of the female.
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a tube that is used for laying eggs.
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The structure a female has for laying eggs.
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noun egg-laying tubular structure at the end of the abdomen in many female insects and some fishes
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A specialized organ used for depositing eggs.
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The egg-laying apparatus of a female insect.
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an egg-laying tube of the female insect's abdomen. The morphology of the ovipositor varies among species: it may be fixed and rigid in length or it may be flexible and telescopic. The ovipositor is not present in all insect species.
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the organ used for laying eggs
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an appendage (or structure) in certain female insects used to deposit eggs
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(in certain female insects) an organ at the end of the abdomen, by which eggs are deposited. · a similar organ in other animals, as certain fishes.
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