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To lay or deposit eggs; -- said esp. of insects.

The depositing of eggs, esp. by insects.

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.

gall produced on rosebushes, esp. on the sweetbrier or eglantine, by a puncture from the ovipositor of a gallfly (Rhodites rosæ). It was once supposed to have medicinal properties.

lied to the sawflies. The larvæ bore in the wood of trees. So called from the long, stout ovipositors of the females.

The ovipositor, or sting, of an insect.

One of the hard parts forming the ovipositor of insects.

of hymenopterous insects belonging to the family Tenthredinidæ. 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 larvæ resemble those of Lepidoptera.

by piercing; as the caudal sting of a scorpion. The sting of a bee or wasp is a modified ovipositor. The caudal sting, or spine, of a sting ray is a modified dorsal fin ray. The term is sometimes applied to the fang of a serpent. See Illust. of Scorpion.

The boring ovipositor of a hymenopterous insect.

A division of Hymenoptera including those which have an ovipositor adapted for perforating plants. It includes the sawflies.

ale 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.