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Ovipositors in a sentence

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Ovipositors | Ovipositor

Ovipositors meaning

plural of ovipositor - a tubular egg-laying organ.

Using Ovipositors

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of ovipositor - a tubular egg-laying organ.
  • In the example corpus, ovipositors often appears in combinations such as: their ovipositors, ovipositors which, ovipositors to.

Context around Ovipositors

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 3 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

shaped 1× elongated 1× developed 1×

Sentence patterns with Ovipositors

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

sickle shaped ovipositors which typically 1× uniform elongated ovipositors which lay 1× use their ovipositors to force 1× well developed ovipositors only partly 1× with their ovipositors but not 1× with their ovipositors to insert 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

cicadas pierce the 1× female fig wasps 1× grasshoppers use their 1× some insects such 1× tettigoniids have either 1×

Common sentence endings:

in grass stems 1× insert the eggs 1× long female flowers 1× of the ovipositor 1× receive the eggs 1×

Words around Ovipositors

Just before it in the word index:

ovipositor 12 oviposition 5 oviparous 8 ovintiv 18 ovington 3 ovingham 3

Just after it in the word index:

ovis 3 oviya 2 ovland 3 ovlur 3 ovo 51 ovoid 13

Similar in corpus frequency:

aadujeevitham 7 aani 7 aarne 7 aasb 7 aasen 7 aashiqui 7

Corpus analysis for Ovipositors

  • In this selection, "ovipositors" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, shaped, elongated and developed stand out and add context to how "ovipositors" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include sickle shaped ovipositors which typically and uniform elongated ovipositors which lay. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "ovipositors" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with ovipositors

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Cicadas pierce the wood of twigs with their ovipositors to insert the eggs. (13 words)

Grasshoppers use their ovipositors to force a burrow into the earth to receive the eggs. (15 words)

Female fig wasps can reach the ovaries of short female flowers with their ovipositors, but not long female flowers. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

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)

Tettigoniids have either sickle-shaped ovipositors which typically lay eggs in dead or living plant matter, or uniform elongated ovipositors which lay eggs in grass stems. (26 words)

Female fig wasps can reach the ovaries of short female flowers with their ovipositors, but not long female flowers. (19 words)

Example sentences (5)

Tettigoniids have either sickle-shaped ovipositors which typically lay eggs in dead or living plant matter, or uniform elongated ovipositors which lay eggs in grass stems.

Cicadas pierce the wood of twigs with their ovipositors to insert the eggs.

Female fig wasps can reach the ovaries of short female flowers with their ovipositors, but not long female flowers.

Grasshoppers use their ovipositors to force a burrow into the earth to receive the eggs.

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.

Common combinations with ovipositors

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "ovipositors" in a sentence?
An example: "Tettigoniids have either sickle-shaped ovipositors which typically lay eggs in dead or living plant matter, or uniform elongated ovipositors which lay eggs in grass stems." This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "ovipositors" from authentic English texts.
What does "ovipositors" mean?
Ovipositors means: plural of ovipositor - a tubular egg-laying organ.
How many example sentences with "ovipositors" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 5 example sentences with "ovipositors", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.