oviposit

English

Female parasitic fly ovipositing into the abdomen of a worker honey bee

Etymology

From ovi- (“egg”) +‎ Latin pōsitus (“placed”), perfect passive participle of pōnere (“to place”).

Verb

oviposit (third-person singular simple present oviposits, present participle ovipositing, simple past and past participle oviposited)

1. (intransitive, zoology or pornography) To lay eggs.

Derived terms

• oviposition

Related terms

• ovipositor

Translations

to lay eggs

• Bulgarian: снасям яйца (snasjam jajca)
• Italian: ovideporre
• Portuguese: ovipositar, ovopositar
• Spanish: ovipositar

Anagrams

• poivoits