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OVIPOSITOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ovipositor mean?
• OVIPOSITOR (noun)
The noun OVIPOSITOR has 1 sense:
1. egg-laying tubular structure at the end of the abdomen in many female insects and some fishes
Familiarity information: OVIPOSITOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Egg-laying tubular structure at the end of the abdomen in many female insects and some fishes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("ovipositor" is a kind of...):
organ (a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function)
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