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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