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oviposition

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Etymology

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From ovi- (“egg”) +‎ Latin positiō (“the action of placing”).[1]

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Noun

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oviposition (usually uncountable, plural oviposition)

  1. (zoology or paraphilia) The process or instance of ovipositing, laying eggs.
    • 1963, Ellsworth C. Dougherty, “Other Disciplines of Comparative Biology”, in The Lower Metazoa: Comparative Biology and Phylogeny, Berkley: University of California Press, page 474:
      If an opsiblastic egg is produced by an individual, it is usually the last oviposition by that animal even if it is also the first.

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References

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  1. ^ “oviposition, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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