OVIPOSITOR

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Egg-laying tubular structure at the end of the abdomen in many female insects and some fishes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("ovipositor" is a kind of...):

organ (a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function)

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