Ovipositor

2 definitions found

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

  Ovipositor \O`vi*pos"i*tor\, n. [L. ovum an egg + positor a
     placer, fr. ponere to place.] (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 larvae of other
     insects, in order to lay their own eggs within the same.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ovipositor
       n : egg-laying tubular structure at the end of the abdomen in
           many female insects and some fishes