oviscapte

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English

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin ovum (“egg”) +‎ captare (“to conduct”)[1]

Noun

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oviscapte (plural oviscaptes)

  1. (entomology) The oviscape or ovipositor.

References

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  1. ^ Gordh, G and Headrick, D (2011) A Dictionary of Entomology‎[1], CABI, →ISBN, page 991

Anagrams

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French

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Noun

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oviscapte m (plural oviscaptes)

  1. ovipositor

Further reading

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