oviposition

English

Etymology

From oviposit +‎ -ion, from ovi- (“egg”) +‎ Latin pōsitus (“placed”).

Noun

oviposition (usually uncountable, plural ovipositions)

1. (zoology or pornography) The process or instance of ovipositing, laying eggs.
   • 1963, Ellsworth C. Dougherty, “Other Disciplines of Comparative Biology”, in The Lower Metazoa: Comparative Biology and Phylogeny, Berkley: University of California Press, page 474:

     If an opsiblastic egg is produced by an individual, it is usually the last oviposition by that animal even if it is also the first.

Derived terms

• ovipositional
• postoviposition
• preoviposition

 

Related terms

• ovipositor

 

Translations

process of laying eggs

• Portuguese: oviposição f, ovoposição f
• Spanish: oviposición f