Definitions for: Ovipositor

[n] egg-laying tubular structure at the end of the abdomen in many female insects and some fishes

Webster (1913) Definition: O`vi*pos"i*tor, n. [L. ovum an egg + positor a
placer, fr. ponere to place.] (Zo["o]l.)
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 larv[ae] of other
insects, in order to lay their own eggs within the same.

See Also: organ