Ō'vi-pōs'it1, v. i.
[imp. & p. p. OVIPOSITED; p. pr. & vb. n. OVIPOSITING.] [Lat. ovum, an egg, and ponere, positum, to place, lay.] To lay or deposit eggs;—said especially of insects.
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[imp. & p. p. OVIPOSITED; p. pr. & vb. n. OVIPOSITING.] [Lat. ovum, an egg, and ponere, positum, to place, lay.] To lay or deposit eggs;—said especially of insects.
To deposit or lay, as an egg.