Medical term:
ovipositor
ovipositor
[o″vĭ-pos´ĭ-tor]a specialized organ by which many female insects deposit their eggs.
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o·vi·pos·i·tor
(ō'vi-poz'i-tŏr, -tōr),A specialized female organ especially well developed in insects for laying or depositing eggs.
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ovipositor
(ō′və-pŏz′ĭ-tər)n.
1. A tubular structure, usually concealed but sometimes extending outside the abdomen, with which many female insects deposit eggs.
2. A similar organ of certain fishes and turtles.
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ovipositor
an organ of female insects, usually present at the tip of the abdomen, through which the egg is laid. The ovipositor is sometimes developed to enable the piercing of tissue, particularly where eggs are laid inside other animals and plants.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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