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词汇 ovipositor
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Definition of ovipositor in English:

ovipositor

noun ˌəʊvɪˈpɒzɪtəˌōvəˈpäzədər
Zoology
  • A tubular organ through which a female insect or fish deposits eggs.

    〔动〕(昆虫的)产卵器;(鱼的)生殖突

    the female ichneumon wasp has an ovipositor like a dagger with which she drills a hole in the wood
    Example sentencesExamples
    • At this stage, the conical ovipositor of the female becomes visible.
    • The female ovipositor becomes loosely articulated.
    • Medflies ruin crops when fertile females use their tubelike ovipositors to punch holes in the skin of a ripening fruit or vegetable, then pump their eggs inside.
    • After we placed a wasp on the fruit, she typically initiated searching, which involved slow scanning of the fruit surface using her antennae, and probing with her ovipositor inside fruit wounds and punctures in search for eggs.
    • Injuries were visible as sclerotized scars in the female ovipositor, and their occurrence increased with mating frequency.

Definition of ovipositor in US English:

ovipositor

nounˌōvəˈpäzədər
Zoology
  • A tubular organ through which a female insect or fish deposits eggs.

    〔动〕(昆虫的)产卵器;(鱼的)生殖突

    the female ichneumon wasp has an ovipositor like a dagger with which she drills a hole in the wood
    Example sentencesExamples
    • At this stage, the conical ovipositor of the female becomes visible.
    • The female ovipositor becomes loosely articulated.
    • After we placed a wasp on the fruit, she typically initiated searching, which involved slow scanning of the fruit surface using her antennae, and probing with her ovipositor inside fruit wounds and punctures in search for eggs.
    • Medflies ruin crops when fertile females use their tubelike ovipositors to punch holes in the skin of a ripening fruit or vegetable, then pump their eggs inside.
    • Injuries were visible as sclerotized scars in the female ovipositor, and their occurrence increased with mating frequency.
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