单词 | ovipositor |
释义 | ovipositor Entom.|əʊvɪˈpɒzɪtə(r)| [f. ovi-1 + L. positor, agent-n. from pōnĕre to place.] A pointed tubular organ at the end of the abdomen of the female in many insects, by means of which the eggs are deposited, and (in many cases) a hole bored to receive them.
1816Kirby & Sp. Entomol. (1843) I. 226 By means of her long ovipositor [the Ichneumon] reaches the..grub..and deposits in it an egg. 1828Stark Elem. Nat. Hist. II. 334 Abdomen..of the females provided with a borer or ovipositor. 1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. vii. 431 The saws of the Saw-flies and the stings of other Hymenoptera are to be regarded as specially modified ovipositors. |

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