oviscaptn.

Brit.

/ˈəʊvɪskapt/, U.S.

/ˈoʊvɪˌskæpt/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French oviscapte.

Etymology: < French oviscapte (1842 or earlier) < ovi- ovi- comb. form¹ + ancient Greek σκάπτειν to dig (see shave v.).

Entomology.

In certain insect groups: an ovipositor which is formed by modification of the abdominal segments themselves, rather than by adaptation of abdominal appendages.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > abdomen > ovipositor

ovipositor1815

perforator1828

oviscapt1870

1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 88 Common Cockroach... The [oviducal] infundibula of the two sides..pass beneath the terminal nerve structures and the ‘oviscapt’ to form a common vagina.

1977 O. W. Richards & R. G. Davies Imms's Gen. Textbk. Entomol. (ed. 10) I. 74 The distal abdominal segments become attenuated and often telescoped to form a retractile tube or oviscapt which is used as an ovipositor.

1991 Ann. Rev. Ecol. & Systematics 22 449 Included in this assemblage are..several genera with elongate piercing oviscapts.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	oviscapt
释义	oviscaptn. Brit. /ˈəʊvɪskapt/, U.S. /ˈoʊvɪˌskæpt/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French oviscapte. Etymology: < French oviscapte (1842 or earlier) < ovi- ovi- comb. form¹ + ancient Greek σκάπτειν to dig (see shave v.). Entomology. In certain insect groups: an ovipositor which is formed by modification of the abdominal segments themselves, rather than by adaptation of abdominal appendages. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > abdomen > ovipositor ovipositor1815 perforator1828 oviscapt1870 1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 88 Common Cockroach... The [oviducal] infundibula of the two sides..pass beneath the terminal nerve structures and the ‘oviscapt’ to form a common vagina. 1977 O. W. Richards & R. G. Davies Imms's Gen. Textbk. Entomol. (ed. 10) I. 74 The distal abdominal segments become attenuated and often telescoped to form a retractile tube or oviscapt which is used as an ovipositor. 1991 Ann. Rev. Ecol. & Systematics 22 449 Included in this assemblage are..several genera with elongate piercing oviscapts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1870
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