ovipositor

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: o=vi=pos=i=tor

CIDE DICTIONARY

ovipositor, n. [L. ovum an egg + positor a placer, fr. ponere to place.].

 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 larvæ of other insects, in order to lay their own eggs within the same.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

ovipositor, n. a pointed tubular organ with which a female insect deposits her eggs.

Etymology

mod.L f. OVI-(1) + L positor f. ponere posit- to place