Associations to the word «Ovipositor»

Wiktionary

OVIPOSITOR, noun. (zoology) A tubular protruding organ for laying eggs.

Dictionary definition

OVIPOSITOR, noun. Egg-laying tubular structure at the end of the abdomen in many female insects and some fishes.

Wise words

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Nathaniel Hawthorne