ovipositor noun. [ǝʊvɪ'pɒzɪtǝ] E19.
[formed as OVIPOSIT: see -OR.]
Zoology. A pointed tubular organ at the end of the abdomen of the female of some animals, esp. insects, by which eggs are deposited and (in many cases) with which a hole is bored to receive them.

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