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Ovate. — Egg-shaped. (L. ova.) 



Oviduct. — The tube formed by the eight tubules 

 of the ovary. Two in number. (L. ovum and 

 duct.) 



Ovjgerous. — -The term applied to a female insect 

 after copulation and the first moult after 

 copulation has taken place. (L. ovi, and gero, 

 to bear.) 



Oviparous. — Producing eggs. {Oviparous, ovi- 

 parous, from L. oui-parous, egg-producing.) 



Oviposition. — The laying of eggs. (L. ovum, and 

 pono, to place.) 



Ovipositor. — An appendage of the telum whereby 

 the female insect lays her eggs. The ovipositors 

 of insects vary, they may be external, as in the 

 Ichneumon ; or tubular retractile, as in the 

 bot-flies, or saw-like {terehella). (L. ovi, and 

 positor, from pono, to lay down.) 



Ovisac. — The cavity in the ovary which holds the 

 eggs. (Coccidfc.) The envelope in which the 

 eggs are laid ; sometimes spoken of as sac. (L. 

 ovum, and sac ; A.S. sacc — L. saccus, a bag.) 



Ovi-viviparous, or ovo-viviparous. — Producing living 

 young, i.e., the egg is hatched in the mother, 

 and the young thus born are well developed ; 

 a species of propagation to which the ancients 

 applied the name Insecta ovo-vivipara. (L. 

 ovum, and viviparous, from L. uiui-parous, 

 producing living young. — L. vivus, living ; 

 parere, to produce.) 



