ovipositor Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun egg-laying tubular structure at the end of the abdomen in many female insects and some fishes

WordNet

O`vi*pos"i*tor noun
Etymology
L. ovum an egg + positor a placer, fr. ponere to place.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) The organ with which 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.

Webster 1913