ovipositor
卵器,卵巢器,卵巢,卵磷脂
Definitions
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- : an organ at the end of the abdomen, by which eggs are deposited.
- : a similar organ in other animals, as certain fishes.
Examples
Snailfish use syringe-like ovipositors to deposit their eggs.
Usually about an hour later, she will search for a tender tree branch, slice into it with her swordlike ovipositor, and lay eggs in the space.
On the former supposition, the ovipositor must be remarkably long and flexile to enable the animal to place the eggs on its back.
A tubular ovipositor, consisting of several pieces often retractile within each other, like the tubes of a telescope.
Two lateral lamin, often coriaceous, by which the ovipositor when unemployed is covered.
They all have membranous wings, and all the females have either a saw, an ovipositor or a sting at the tip of the abdomen.
Many of these have the ovipositor greatly lengthened, and projecting like a very slender needle from the extremity of the abdomen.