oviscapte

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ovum (“egg”) +‎ captare (“to conduct”)

Noun

oviscapte (plural oviscaptes)

1. (entomology) The oviscape or ovipositor.

Anagrams

• vitascope

French

Noun

oviscapte m (plural oviscaptes)

1. ovipositor

Further reading

• “oviscapte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.