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The egg-laying apparatus; the external genetalia of the female. Oxygen
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a tube that is used for laying eggs. Read more on: Ovipositor
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A modification of the abdominal appendages of some female insects that is used for depositing eggs in or on some substrate (Arthropoda, Hexapoda). ovisac
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(female genitalia) – the organ by which the eggs are laid, including gonocoxites, styli and vulva. (changed June 2012).
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A complex structure on female ants (nearly all species), bees, and wasps that functions as a sting or "stinger" through which venom is introduced into a person who is being stung. No [..]
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(n) egg-laying tubular structure at the end of the abdomen in many female insects and some fishes
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A specialized organ used for depositing eggs.
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an egg-laying tube of the female insect's abdomen.  The morphology of the ovipositor varies among species: it may be fixed and rigid in length or it may be flexible and telescopic.  The ovipositor is not present in all insect species.
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The egg-laying apparatus of insects, typically composed of two sets of valves or a tubular extension of the abdomen. Ovisorption:
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The structure a female has for laying eggs.
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the organ used for laying eggs
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complex structure at posterior end of female damselflies, darners, and petaltails that functions in endophytic oviposition pruinescense
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The egg-laying apparatus; the extended genitalia of a female insect. Website Editors: Liao, Jye Yann and Li, Wei-Sung E Mail: jyliao@wufeng.tari.gov.tw                         weisungli@wufeng.tari.go [..]
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Organ (structure) used by female insects for egg laying (oviposition)
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Appendicular structures in the female arising from the eighth and ninth metameres variously modified for the handling and deposition of eggs; a modification of the caudal metameres for the deposition and insertion of eggs.
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the egg laying apparatus of an insect. The stinger of a bee is actually a modified ovipositor.
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  A special tube used for laying eggs, located at the end of the female’s abdomen. Pheromone:
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The tubular or valved egg-laying apparatus of a female insect: concealed in many insects, but extremely large among the bush-crickets and some parasitic hymenopterans.
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A long needle-like tube on the abdomens of some female insects. The ovipositor is used to inject eggs into soil or plant stems. Species that have ovipositors include crickets and crane flies.
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  The egg-laying apparatus of a female insect, it is used to place the fertilized eggs in the appropriate position. In the female stag beetle is concealed but, like the mycangium, it will protrude whe [..]
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     structure used for egg laying, can be either concealed or very long as in some hymenopterans-Ichneumon wasps.  
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 the egg-laying structure of the female. Often a cylindrical tube used to deposit eggs in specific locations.
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an external, sometimes retractable, tube through which eggs are laid in many insect species
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the egg-laying structure on a reproductive fire ant; functions as a stinger on non-reproductives (worker ants)
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an organ at the end of the female’s abdomen through which she deposits her eggs
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an extensible tube on the abdomen of a female insect used to place eggs in plants, the ground or in other organisms
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The egg-laying tube of a female insect.
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