oviscapte

English

Etymology

From Latin ovum (“egg”) plus captare (“to conduct”)

Noun

oviscapte (plural oviscaptes)

  1. (entomology) The oviscape or ovipositor.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Gordh, G and Headrick, D (2011) A Dictionary of Entomology‎, CABI, →ISBN, pages 991–

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