Thesaurus: ovipositor

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1. 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.
2. n. egg-laying tubular structure at the end of the abdomen in many female insects and some fishes
3. 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 lay their own eggs within the same.
4. The organ with which many insects and some other animalsdeposit their eggs. Some ichneumon files have a long ovipositorfitted to pierce the eggs or larvæ of other insects, in order to laytheir own eggs within the same.
5. n:100 n. egg-laying tubular structure at the end of the abdomen in many female insects and some fishes