Crossword-Solution: OVIPOSIT
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Oviposit | v. i. | To lay or deposit eggs; -- said esp. of insects. |
| Oviposit | v. t. | To deposit or lay (an egg). |
We have 4 clues for the answer “OVIPOSIT”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Lay eggs, as a field cricket | 1 answer |
| LAY eggs | 2 answers |
| Lay an egg | 5 answers |
| AN EGG LAY | 10 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ETAER
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with OVIPOSIT (5)
The paper claimed that the curious shape of the egg compelled the female to oviposit slowly, as it took time for the egg to assume its form; hence, the eggs were not laid in strings or masses, but singly and at considerable intervals.
The females oviposit in the buds, and then cut them off when oviposition is completed, in order to protect the larva within, which later develops to the adult beetle.
The female soon begins to oviposit--the eggs, as fast as they are dropped, being carried away into the nurseries by the workers.
When the husk was pricked a slight flow of juice would take place and the male flies would soon find the spot, and, recognizing, I suppose, a suitable place for the females to come to oviposit, they would stand guard at the puncture awaiting the coming of the female.
Scudder, the most notable student of New England butterflies, wrote a delightful essay with the title "Butterflies as Botanists." From his long experience in rearing the eggs of these insects he concluded that the egg-laying females know in a most remarkable way the precise kinds of leaves upon which to oviposit.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1996–2002).