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Ovipositor meaning
A tubular protruding organ for laying eggs.
Synonyms of Ovipositor
Using Ovipositor
- The main meaning on this page is: A tubular protruding organ for laying eggs.
- Useful related words include: organ.
- In the example corpus, ovipositor often appears in combinations such as: the ovipositor, ovipositor is, ovipositor for.
Context around Ovipositor
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 5 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ovipositor
- In this selection, "ovipositor" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, laying, special, edged and evolved stand out and add context to how "ovipositor" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a special ovipositor for inserting and an extended ovipositor that exceeds. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ovipositor" sits close to words such as aadi, aakash and aayush, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ovipositor
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The ovipositor is an organ used by insects for laying of eggs. (12 words)
Females typically have a special ovipositor for inserting eggs into hosts or otherwise inaccessible places. (15 words)
The way their ovipositor is formed relates to its functional adaptability in the areas which it lays eggs. (18 words)
In some cases the injection also introduces virus particles that suppress the host's immune system and prevent it from destroying the eggs. citation However, in virtually all stinging Hymenoptera, the ovipositor is no longer used for egg-laying. (39 words)
Some insects, such as the Dipteran families Tephritidae and Pyrgotidae have well-developed ovipositors only partly retracted when not in use, and the part that sticks out is called the scape or oviscape, meaning the stalk of the ovipositor. (39 words)
The female in some families has a sharp-edged ovipositor with which she slits open a stem or leaf of a plant on or near the water, so she can push her eggs inside. (34 words)
Example sentences (12)
Plant Health Care Lead Stephanie Adams of the Morton Arboretum shows the female cicada's egg-laying ovipositor, which can damage young trees.
Females typically have a special ovipositor for inserting eggs into hosts or otherwise inaccessible places.
In some cases the injection also introduces virus particles that suppress the host's immune system and prevent it from destroying the eggs. citation However, in virtually all stinging Hymenoptera, the ovipositor is no longer used for egg-laying.
Seahorses have an ovipositor for introducing eggs into the brood pouch of the male, who carries them till it is time to release the fry into a suitable situation in the open water.
Some insects, such as the Dipteran families Tephritidae and Pyrgotidae have well-developed ovipositors only partly retracted when not in use, and the part that sticks out is called the scape or oviscape, meaning the stalk of the ovipositor.
The female in some families has a sharp-edged ovipositor with which she slits open a stem or leaf of a plant on or near the water, so she can push her eggs inside.
The female papaya fruit fly has a very long, slender abdomen with an extended ovipositor that exceeds the length of its body.
The male papaya fruit fly looks like the female with the differences of a hairy abdomen and no ovipositor.
The Megopteran in ITV's Primeval uses an ovipositor evolved from either wasps or ants to lay eggs into its' hosts.
The ovipositor is an organ used by insects for laying of eggs.
The way their ovipositor is formed relates to its functional adaptability in the areas which it lays eggs.
Unlike most real-life examples of oviposition however, the ovipositor is shown to be detachable and presumably capable of being regenerated.
Common combinations with ovipositor
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the ovipositor 4×
- ovipositor is 4×
- ovipositor for 2×
- an ovipositor 2×