ovipositor

English

Etymology

From ovi- (“egg”) +‎ Latin positor (“one who places”, agent noun form of pōnere).

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Noun

ovipositor (plural ovipositors)

  1. (zoology) A tubular protruding organ for laying eggs.
    • 2019 September 15, Jonathan Amos, “Wasps: If you can't love them, at least admire them”, in BBC News‎[1]:
      I'm fascinated by a splendid European wasp - Rhyssa persuasoria (sabre wasp). […] It has a remarkable ovipositor. That's the multi-function "hypodermic needle" at the end of the abdomen, and, in this instance, it doubles the length of the wasp to about 8cm.

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