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ovipositor

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o·vi·pos·i·tor  (v-pz-tr)
n.
1. A tubular structure, usually concealed but sometimes extending outside the abdomen, with which many female insects deposit eggs.
2. A similar organ of certain fishes.
ovipositor  (v-pz-tr)
A tube in many female insects that extends from the end of the abdomen and is used to lay eggs.
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Noun1.ovipositorovipositor - egg-laying tubular structure at the end of the abdomen in many female insects and some fishes
organ - a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
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But natural selection can and does often produce structures for the direct injury of other species, as we see in the fang of the adder, and in the ovipositor of the ichneumon, by which its eggs are deposited in the living bodies of other insects.
The Origin of Species by Darwin, Charles View in context
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