ovipositor|ovipositors in English

noun

['əʊvɪ'pɑzɪtə(r) /-'pɒz-]

tube-like organ for laying eggs (in many female insects); egg-laying organ in some fishes and other animals (Zoology)

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1. Ovipositors, Amnions and Eggshell Architecture in the Diversification of Terrestrial Arthropods

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

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

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

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

6. 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.

7. 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