oviposit
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Etymology edit
From ovi- (“egg”) + Latin pōsitus (perfect passive participle of pōnere (“to place”)).
Verb edit
oviposit (third-person singular simple present oviposits, present participle ovipositing, simple past and past participle oviposited)
- (intransitive, zoology) To lay eggs.
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