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Oviposit [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To lay or deposit eggs; -- said esp. of insects.

Oviposit [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To deposit or lay (an egg).

Oviposited [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Ovipositing [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alt. of Oviposition

Ovipositing [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Oviposition [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The depositing of eggs, esp. by insects.

Ovipositor [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.