oviscapte

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ovum (“egg”) +‎ captare (“to conduct”)[1]

Noun

oviscapte (plural oviscaptes)

  1. (entomology) The oviscape or ovipositor.

References

  1. ^ Gordh, G and Headrick, D (2011) A Dictionary of Entomology‎[1], CABI, →ISBN, page 991

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Pronunciation

Noun

oviscapte m (plural oviscaptes)

  1. ovipositor
    Synonym: ovipositor

Further reading

French

Noun

oviscapte m (plural oviscaptes)

  1. ovipositor

Further reading

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