oviposit
[oh-vuh-poz-it, oh-vuh-poz-]
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verb (used without object)
to deposit or lay eggs, especially by means of an ovipositor.
Origin of oviposit
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Oviposition was accomplished as described for Evania appendigaster.
The Biotic Associations of CockroachesLouis M. Roth
When the business of oviposition commences, they take the eggs from her, and deposit them in their nurseries.
The Book of CuriositiesI. Platts
The females feed on material that oozes through the oviposition puncture (Roth and Willis, 1954b).
The Biotic Associations of CockroachesLouis M. Roth
At the time of oviposition the nematode eggs are in the very earliest stages of cleavage.
The Biotic Associations of CockroachesLouis M. Roth
Wasp tended to choose a nearly horizontal position for oviposition.
The Biotic Associations of CockroachesLouis M. Roth
oviposit
verb
Word Origin for oviposit
C19: ovi- + positus, past participle of Latin pōnere to place
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