Ovipositor

Definition of Ovipositor

O`vi`pos´i`tor
n.1.(Zool.) 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.

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