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oviposition Zool.|əʊvɪpəˈzɪʃən|
[f. ovi-1 + L. positiōn-em placing: see oviposit.]
The action of depositing or laying an egg or eggs, esp. with an ovipositor. So ovipoˈsitional a., of or pertaining to oviposition.
1816[see oviposit]. 1816Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xvii. (1818) II. 36 When the business of oviposition commences. 1862Zoologist Ser. i. XX. 8194 On the Oviposition of the Cuckoo. 1931Jrnl. Morphol. LI. 22 The females [of Orthoptera] usually abandon them [sc. the eggs] as soon as oviposition is complete. 1965Lee & Knowles Animal Hormones ii. 28 There is evidence that LTH is important for oviposition in some of the fishes. 1971Nature 13 Aug. 484/1 Work is in progress..making use of the parasites' ovipositional response as a bioassay for the kairomone. 1973Ibid. 30 Nov. 270/1 After oviposition these juveniles [of the nematode, Deladenus siricidicola] escape from the egg and enter a free living phase. |