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Definition of Ovipositors
Ovipositor Ovipositor O`vi*pos"i*tor, n. [L. ovum an egg + positor a
placer, fr. ponere to place.] (Zo["o]l.)
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 larv[ae] of other
insects, in order to lay their own eggs within the same.