2 entries under this word

Oviposit

Ō'vi-pōs'it, v. i.

verbintransitive

[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.

Ō'vi-pōs'it, v. t.

verbtransitive

To deposit or lay, as an egg.