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PRONUNCIATION OF OVIPOSITOR

ovipositor  [ˌəʊvɪˈpɒzɪtə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVIPOSITOR

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Ovipositor is a noun.
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WHAT DOES OVIPOSITOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

ovipositor

Ovipositor

The ovipositor is an organ used by some animals for oviposition, i.e., the laying of eggs. It consists of a maximum of three pairs of appendages formed to transmit the egg, to prepare a place for it, and to place it properly. In some of the insects the organ is used merely to attach the egg to some surface, but in many parasitic species it is a piercing organ as well. It is used by grasshoppers to force a burrow in the earth to receive the eggs and by cicadas to pierce the wood of twigs for a similar purpose. Both long-horned grasshoppers and sawflies cut the tissues of plants by means of the ovipositor. None of these examples is quite as remarkable as the wasp genus Megarhyssa, the females of which have a slender ovipositor several inches long that is used to drill into the wood of tree trunks. These species are parasitic in the larval stage on the larvae of horntail wasps, hence the egg must be deposited directly into the host's body as it is feeding. The sting of Hymenoptera is also an ovipositor, in this case highly modified and associated with venom glands that are used to paralyze prey.

Definition of ovipositor in the English dictionary

The definition of ovipositor in the dictionary is the egg-laying organ of most female insects, consisting of a pair of specialized appendages at the end of the abdomen. Other definition of ovipositor is a similar organ in certain female fishes, formed by an extension of the edges of the genital opening.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVIPOSITOR


acquisitor
əˈkwɪzɪtə
compositor
kəmˈpɒzɪtə
depositor
dɪˈpɒzɪtə
dispositor
dɪsˈpɒzɪtə
expositor
ɪkˈspɒzɪtə
inquisitor
ɪnˈkwɪzɪtə
perquisitor
pəˈkwɪzɪtə
prepositor
priːˈpɒzɪtə
proposita
prəˈpɒzɪtə
repositor
rɪˈpɒzɪtə
requisitor
rɪˈkwɪzɪtə
visitor
ˈvɪzɪtə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVIPOSITOR

ovicide
Ovid
Ovidian
oviducal
oviduct
oviductal
Oviedo
oviferous
oviform
ovigerous
ovine
oviparity
oviparous
oviparously
oviposit
oviposition
ovipositional
oviraptor
ovisac
ovist

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVIPOSITOR

auditor
capacitor
competitor
compulsitor
creditor
cursitor
editor
exhibitor
health visitor
inhibitor
janitor
managing editor
monitor
prison visitor
progenitor
senior editor
solicitor
summer visitor
text editor
traitor

Synonyms and antonyms of ovipositor in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «ovipositor» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVIPOSITOR

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The translations of ovipositor from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ovipositor» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

产卵器
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ovipositor
570 millions of speakers

English

ovipositor
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ovipositor
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حامل البيض
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

яйцеклад
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ovipositor
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ovipositor
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ovipositeur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ovipositor
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Legebohrer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

産卵管
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

산란관
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ovipositor
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khí quan của loài côn trùng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முட்டையிடும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Ovipositor
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yumurtlama borusu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ovopositore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pokładełkiem
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

яйцеклад
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ovipozitor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ovipositor
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lêboor
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ovipositor
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ovipositor
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ovipositor

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVIPOSITOR»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVIPOSITOR» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ovipositor

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVIPOSITOR»

Discover the use of ovipositor in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ovipositor and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Insects: Structure and Function
Lepidoptera, Coleoptera and Diptera. In Musca the telescopic section is formed from segments 6-9 and normally, when not in use, it is telescoped within segment 5. The sclerites of the ovipositor are reduced to rods in this species. In others, as  ...
R. F. Chapman, Stephen J. Simpson, Angela E. Douglas, 2013
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Cricket Behavior and Neurobiology
In G. bimaculatus the female tests the substrate surface with the mouth parts and by tapping the ovipositor. When the surface is niuist, the ovipositor is inserted ( Destephano et al. 1982). Egg laying is, however, initiated only when the ovipositor ...
Franz Huber, Thomas Edwin Moore, Werner Loher, 1989
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The Fruitflies of the Genus Anastrepha
(58) Ovipositor less than 2.0 mm. long, gradually tapering from base to apex montei Costa Lima (p. 59). Ovipositor more than 2.5 mm. long, very slender, with parallel sides save for the abruptly widened base and slightly swollen apical portion ...
Alan Stone, 1942
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Dictionary of Insect Morphology
L. (Diptera) _ ovipositor oviducal denticle, dens oviductus: one of the long setiform or spiniform teeth scattered on the wall of the oviduct on the inner surface of the ovipositor oviducal tooth, dens semicircularis: one of the stubby teeth on the ...
Henrik Steinmann, Lajos Zombori, 1999
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on two orders of arachinida
Ovipositor, from above ; x 69. Fig. 2 q. Forceps of ovipositor, from below; x 131 ; only the basal part of the distal setae was drawn. PLATE VI. In Jigs. 1 — 13, representing female sexual organs in Palpatores and Laniatores, the foUoiving ...
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Fruit Flies (Tephritidae): Phylogeny and Evolution of Behavior
30.2.1.3.3 The tephritid ovipositor as a key innovation If saprophagy on plants provided the opportunity for the origin of phytophagy, what key innovations facilitated the shift to living plant tissue and the rapid diversification of phytophagous ...
Martin Aluja, Allen Norrbom, 1999
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The Insects: An Outline of Entomology
Paternal care and egg respiratory horns are different adaptations that facilitate gas exchange and thus survival of large eggs. Hymenoptera eject the eggs from the opening of the genital chamber at the base of the modified ovipositor. However ...
P. J. Gullan, P. S. Cranston, 2010
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Ichneumonidae (subfamily Tryphoninae), Tribe Tryphonini
Ventral margin of ovipositor sheaths slopes upward at apex; ovipositor straight ( Figure 162) 6. T. nigripes Holmgr. 5 (4). Propodeum smooth, lustrous, and nonpunctate; transverse carina present. Second segment of hind tarsus shorter than 5th ...
Dmitriĭ Rafėlevich Kaspari͡an, 1989
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Planthoppers: New Threats to the Sustainability of Intensive ...
23 Funicular segment I slender and longer than pedicel; antennae long and narrow; ovipositor hardly exserted, ratio of ovipositor and exserted part 20:1; disc of forewing narrow, nearly parallel-sided, with 1 row in basal two-thirds and 2 rows ...
Kong Luen Heong, B. Hardy, 2009
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Evolutionary Ecology Across Three Trophic Levels: ...
if female, its ovipositor length was drawn from a normal distribution determined from the regression and the residual variance about the regression, shown in figure 10.2. A total of one thousand such cycles constituted one "generation" within a ...
Warren G. Abrahamson, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVIPOSITOR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ovipositor is used in the context of the following news items.
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MASTER GARDENER: Spotted Wing Drosophila target fruit crops
SWD causes damage when the female fly cuts a slit in healthy fruit with her serrated ovipositor in order to lay her eggs. Most other vinegar flies ... «The Daily News Online, Jul 15»
2
Horticulture News: A tiny menace – Spotted Wing Drosophila
The female SWD uses her serrated egg layer (ovipositor) to cut into the skin of otherwise intact soft-skinned fruits to deposit her eggs. «State-Journal.com, Jul 15»
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The Fossils Speak, but Hardly with One Voice
Other life forms do things we assumed they could not: A living wasp has an ovipositor partially metal-plated with zinc. Why? "It must be hard but ... «Discovery Institute, Jul 15»
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West central Michigan small fruit regional report – June 30, 2015
Also, the size and shape of the ovipositor is different. We recommend being careful when identifying trapped flies. If you need help with SWD ... «Michigan State University Extension, Jun 15»
5
Scary King Cricket Is a Beautiful Example of Evolution At Its Best
This is not a sting, but rather an ovipositor, the device she uses to insert her eggs into the soil where they hatch into nymphs. Tiny little Parktown ... «AllAfrica.com, Jun 15»
6
Nature Nut: This wasp story is an eggs-cellent tail
Instead the very slender tail-like structure projecting out its posterior is actually an ovipositor used by the female to lay eggs on some ... «Post-Bulletin, Jun 15»
7
dog-day Cicadas
Females use their ovipositor to slice into twigs and branches to lay their eggs. Dozens of eggs are laid in 40 to 50 branch sites. She may lay ... «Columbia Star, Jun 15»
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Hans Ulrich Obrist and the rise of the curator
Still, that's part of the compulsion of watching Obrist, who, to vary the metaphor, can also look a lot like the ovipositor from Alien, locked on to the ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jun 15»
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Colorado deploys tiny wasps from China to fight tree-killing beetles
Wielding ovipositor points on their bellies, these wasps can pierce beetle eggs and lay their own eggs inside. Oobius larvae then devour beetle ... «The Denver Post, Jun 15»
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Do any parasitic wasps live on Staten Island?
Rather than stinging, the long needle-like spear is an ovipositor for laying eggs. The ovipositor has to be long since the wasp uses it to pierce ... «SILive.com, Jun 15»

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