oviscapte
English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin ovum (“egg”) + captare (“to conduct”)[1]
Noun
oviscapte (plural oviscaptes)
- (entomology) The oviscape or ovipositor.
References
- Gordh, G and Headrick, D (2011) A Dictionary of Entomology, CABI, →ISBN, page 991
Anagrams
- vitascope
French
Noun
oviscapte m (plural oviscaptes)
- ovipositor
Further reading
- “oviscapte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.