Ovipositing

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Oviposit \O`vi*pos"it\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Oviposited}; p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Ovipositing}.] [See {Ovum}, and {Posit}.]
     To lay or deposit eggs; -- said esp. of insects.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Ovipositing \O`vi*pos"it*ing\, Oviposition \O`vi*po*si"tion\, n.
     The depositing of eggs, esp. by insects.
     [1913 Webster]