ovipositor in English

noun
1
a tubular organ through which a female insect or fish deposits eggs.
Injuries were visible as sclerotized scars in the female ovipositor , and their occurrence increased with mating frequency.

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1. Ovipositor ¼ abdomen, latter depressed = Cordate [.] Archive 2007-03-01

2. "Ensifer" means "sword bearer" in Latin, and refers to the typically elongated and blade-like ovipositor of the females.

3. The defining feature of all Aculeates is that the egg-laying ovipositor is modified to form a sting

4. What does Bedeguar mean? (archaic) A gall produced on rosebushes, especially on the sweetbrier or eglantine, by a puncture from the ovipositor of

5. Bedeguar (plural Bedeguars) A gall produced on rosebushes, especially on the sweetbrier or eglantine, by a puncture from the ovipositor of a gallfly (Diplolepis rosae), and once supposed to have medicinal properties.

6. As is the case for all Aculeates, only female mutillids are capable of inflicting a sting.The stinger is a modified female organ called an ovipositor, which is unusually long and maneuverable in mutillids.In both sexes, a structure called a stridulitrum on the metasoma is used to produce a squeaking or chirping sound when alarmed