English Explanatory Dictionary

oviscape

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The basal part of the ovipositor of some species of insects, typically the non-retractile sheath that remains exposed when the ovipositor is withdrawn and not in action.
  2. The oviscapte or ovipositor.

Word forms

oviscape oviscapes

Etymology

From Latin ovum (“egg”) plus scāpus (“stem or shaft”), from Ancient Greek (Doric) σκᾶπος (skâpos).

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