单词 | ovipositing |
释义 | ovipositingn. Zoology. The action or process of oviposition. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [noun] > bringing forth young > laying an egg cast1646 ovation1656 partion1656 oviposition1815 ovipositing1887 egging1905 1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 317 The shores of those islands may have been frequented, during the ovipositing season, by the turtles and crocodiles. 1887 Athenæum 7 May 612/1 In the beehive all the eggs were usually laid by the queen, and in her absence no ovipositing occurs. 1901 N. McLain in W. H. Barnes Grape in Kansas (Kansas State Hort. Soc.) 119 They give no attention to the puncture and blight caused by the ovipositing of other insects. 1936 R. A. Doane et al. Forest Insects iv. 58 Bark strips..afford a convenient place for the ovipositing of bark- and wood-boring beetles. 2000 Appl. Entomol. & Zool. 35 225 The brooding individuals appeared from 14 days after inoculation and ovipositing behavior was frequently observed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). ovipositingadj. Zoology. That oviposits; engaged in or characterized by the laying or depositing of eggs. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [adjective] > relating to laying of eggs ovipositing1853 ovipositional1937 1853 Sci. Amer. 24 Dec. 116/1 When the ovipositing Shanghae or Cochin China..shall have deposited the embryo of a future fowl, the ovum..shall pass away into a receptacle destined for its protection. 1858 Philos. Trans. 1857 (Royal Soc.) 147 313 Dr. Ehrenberg..defined the Class [sc. Rotifera] as consisting of animals all the individuals of which are hermaphrodite, oviparous, and ovipositing. 1903 Science 25 Dec. 832/2 The ovipositing workers..are perhaps to be regarded as ergatogynous females. 1957 G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. i. 153 Shoals of ovipositing fish. 1990 Fly Fisherman Dec. 32/1 Trout eagerly chase the ovipositing caddis, so twitching your fly produces strikes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1833adj.1853 |
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