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Definition: Ovipositor |
OvipositorNoun1. Egg-laying tubular structure at the end of the abdomen in many female insects and some fishes. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "ovipositor" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1859. (references) |
Etymology: Ovipositor \O`vi*pos"i*tor\, noun. [Latin expression ovum an egg positor placer, from ponere to place.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: Ovipositor |
| English words defined with "ovipositor": Bedegar ♦ hymenopter, hymenopteran, hymenopteron, hymenopterous insect ♦ Piercer ♦ Rhabdite ♦ sawfly ♦ Terebra, Terebrantia, Tremex. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Ovipositor" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Latin (egg laying organ, ovipositor), Portuguese (ovipositor). |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The sting of wasps and bees is also an ovipositor, in this case highly modified and associated with poison glands. Some roach-like fish have an ovipositor as a tubular extension of the genital orifice in the breeding season for depositing eggs in the mantle cavity of the pond mussel.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Ovipositor."
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 | A female Catolaccus grandis wasp homes in on a boll weevil larva. This 3/8 inch parasitic wasp, a native of Mexico, inserts her ovipositor through the plastic film covering the individual rearing cell and immobilizes the larva. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |  | About one-eighth-inch long, the female Hessian fly emits a sex pheromone from her ovipositor to attract males. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
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| "Ovipositor" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Ovipositor" is used about 21 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 21 | 76,261 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ovipositor | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ovipositor"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حامل البيض. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | læggebråd (egg laying organ). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | legbuis (egg laying organ), legboor (egg laying organ). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | munanasetin (egg laying organ). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | ovipositeur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Ovipositor (egg laying organ), legestachel, legebohrer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ωοθέτης (egg laying organ), τέρετρο (egg laying organ). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | איבר "ביצים. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tojásrakó (oviparous, ovipositing), peterakó csõ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ovopositore (egg laying organ). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ovipositoray ovipositor, oviducto (egg laying organ, oviduct), pôr ovos (lay emphasis on). (various references) яйцеклад. (various references) mesto u kome stoji jaje kod životinja. (various references) ovopositor (egg laying organ), oviscapto, gallina ponedora. (various references) ovipositor (egg laying organ), äggläggningsrör (egg laying organ). (various references) yumurtlama borusu. (various references) яйцеклад комахи. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | ovipositor. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ovipositor": ovipositors. (additional references) | |
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"Ovipositor" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: oviposit, oviposited. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "ovipositor" (pronounced 'O`vi*pos"i*tor'): Abactor, Abator, Abbreviator, Abdicator, Abductor, Aberuncator, Abnegator, Abrogator, Accelerator, Accentor, Accommodator, Accumulator, Acquisitor, Actor, Actuator, Adductor, Adjudicator, Adjutator, Adjutor, Administrator, Admonitor, Adulator, Adulterator, Aggregator, Agistator, Agitator, Agricultor, Alienator, Alleviator, Alliterator, Alternator, Amalgamator, Ambulator, Ameliorator, Amputator, Ancestor, Animator, Annihilator, Annotator, Annunciator, Anticipator, Appreciator, Approbator, Appropriator, Approximator, Arbitrator, Arborator, Architector, Archtraitor, Arendator. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-i-o-o-o-p-r-s-t-v" | |
-2 letters: oviposit. | |
-3 letters: proviso, provost, visitor. | |
-4 letters: pivots, pooris, prosit, ripost, spirit, tripos, troops. | |
-5 letters: pivot, poori, ports, posit, proso, prost, riots, roost, roots, rotis, rotos, sopor, spirt, spoor, sport, sprit, stirp, stoop, strip, strop, tipis, tiros, topis, topoi, topos, torii, toros, torsi, torso, trios, trips, trois, troop, visit, visor. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-i-o-o-o-p-r-s-t-v" | |
+1 letter: ovipositors. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 76 69 70 6F 73 69 74 6F 72 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001111 01110110 01101001 01110000 01101111 01110011 01101001 01110100 01101111 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)O v i p o s i t o r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004F 0076 0069 0070 006F 0073 0069 0074 006F 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)49887582818575868184 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, arabialainen, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, ערבית, ערבי, arab, arabo, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | لغة الدانمركية, نوع كعك, دانماركي, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, dán, danese, dinamarquês, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | هولندي, اللغة الهولندية, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, "ול "י, holland, olandese, holandês, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, holländsk, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | اللغة الفنلندية, فنلندية, فنلندي, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, פי י, finn, finlandese, finlandês, finês, финский, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, צרפתית, צרפתי, francia, francese, francês, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, 'רמ ית, 'רמ י, német, tedesco, alemão, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, الإغريقي, græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, greco, grego, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова |
Hebrew | אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק | اليهودية, اللغة العبرية, يهودي, عبري, العبرية, joods, Hebreeuws, juutalainen, hébreu, hebräisch, Hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברי, עברית, zsidó, héber, izraelita, ebreo, ebraico, hebreu, hebraico, еврей, древнееврейский язык, древнееврейский, еврейский, hibru, hebreo, jude, hebreiska, hebreisk, musevi, ibranice, ibrani, іудей, іврит, старо"врейська мова, старо"врейський, "врейський, "врей |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, ungarer, Hongaarse, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, איטלקית, איטלקי, olasz, italiano, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, russer, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, russo, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | serbokroatisch, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, spagnolo, espanhol, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | اللغة السويدية, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, turkkilainen, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | أوكراني أحد أبناء أوكرانيا, الأوكراني, Oekraïens, ukrainalainen, ukrainien, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ukrán, ucraino, ucraniano, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ucranio, ukrainare, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, א 'לית, angol, inglese, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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