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English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin ovum (“egg”) + captare (“to conduct”)[1]
Noun
oviscapte (plural oviscaptes)
- (entomology) The oviscape or ovipositor.
References
- ^ Gordh, G and Headrick, D (2011) A Dictionary of Entomology, CABI, →ISBN, page 991
Anagrams
French
Noun
oviscapte m (plural oviscaptes)
- ovipositor
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