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Noun: ovipositor  ,ó-vi'pó-zi-tu(r)
  1. Egg-laying tubular structure at the end of the abdomen in many female insects and some fishes
    "The wasp used its ovipositor to lay eggs inside the fruit"

Derived forms: ovipositors

Type of: organ

Encyclopedia: Ovipositor