oviposition

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Etymology

From oviposit +‎ -ion, from ovi- (“egg”) +‎ Latin pōsitus (“placed”).

Noun

oviposition (usually uncountable, plural oviposition)

  1. (zoology or paraphilia) The process or instance of ovipositing, laying eggs.
    • 1963, Ellsworth C. Dougherty, “Other Disciplines of Comparative Biology”, in The Lower Metazoa: Comparative Biology and Phylogeny, Berkley: University of California Press, page 474:
      If an opsiblastic egg is produced by an individual, it is usually the last oviposition by that animal even if it is also the first.

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