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- Oviposit - v. i. - To lay or deposit eggs; -- said esp. of insects.
- Oviposit - v. t. - To deposit or lay (an egg).
- Oviposited - imp. & p. p. - of Oviposit
- Ovipositing - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Oviposit
- Ovipositing - n. - Alt. of Oviposition
- Oviposition - n. - The depositing of eggs, esp. by insects.
- Ovipositor - n. - The organ with which many insects and some other animals deposit their eggs. Some ichneumon files have a long ovipositor fitted to pierce the eggs or larvae of other insects, in order to lay their own eggs within the same.