| ovipositor | (n) ท่อวางไข่ของแมลง |
| ovipositor | (n) egg-laying tubular structure at the end of the abdomen in many female insects and some fishes |
| Ovipositor | n. [ L. ovum an egg + positor a placer, fr. ponere to place. ] (Zool.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ] |