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n. pl.
An artificial division of vertebrates including those that produce their young alive; -- opposed to Ovipara.
n.
The terminal part of the oviduct in insects and various other invertebrates. See Illust., of Spermatheca.
imp. & p. p.
of Oviposit
n.
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 larvae of other insects, in order to lay their own eggs within the same.
a.
Producing young in a living state, as most mammals, or as those plants the offspring of which are produced alive, either by bulbs instead of seeds, or by the seeds themselves germinating on the plant, instead of falling, as they usually do; -- opposed to oviparous.
a.
Having the form or figure of an egg; egg-shaped; as, an oviform leaf.
n.
A genus of large hymenopterous insects allied to the sawflies. The female lays her eggs in holes which she bores in the trunks of trees with her large and long ovipositor, and the larva bores in the wood. See Illust. of Horntail.
n.
A receptacle, or pouch, connected with the oviducts of many invertebrates in which the eggs are retained until they hatch or until the embryos develop more or less. See Illust. of Hermaphrodite in Append.
n.
The boring ovipositor of a hymenopterous insect.
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Of or pertaining to the Latin poet Ovid; resembling the style of Ovid.
n.
Any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the family Tenthredinidae. The female usually has an ovipositor containing a pair of sawlike organs with which she makes incisions in the leaves or stems of plants in which to lay the eggs. The larvae resemble those of Lepidoptera.
a.
Bearing eggs; oviferous.
n.
The orifice of the oviduct of an insect or other invertebrate.
n.
A tube, or duct, for the passage of ova from the ovary to the exterior of the animal or to the part where further development takes place. In mammals the oviducts are also called Fallopian tubes.
a.
Producing young from rggs; as, an oviparous animal, in which the egg is generally separated from the animal, and hatched after exclusion; -- opposed to viviparous.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Oviposit
a.
Of or pertaining to oviducts; as, oviducal glands.
n. pl.
A division of Hymenoptera including those which have an ovipositor adapted for perforating plants. It includes the sawflies.
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Alt. of Oviposition
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See Ovine.
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