"ovipositor" meaning in English

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        "A tubular protruding organ for laying eggs."
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        "(zoology) A tubular protruding organ for laying eggs."
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          "sense": "tubular organ for laying eggs",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "legboor"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "tubular organ for laying eggs",
          "word": "munanasetin"
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "oothétis",
          "sense": "tubular organ for laying eggs",
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          "word": "ωοθέτης"
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          "sense": "tubular organ for laying eggs",
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          "word": "ubhlonnaitheoir"
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          "sense": "tubular organ for laying eggs",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "ovopositore"
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "legalka",
          "sense": "tubular organ for laying eggs",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "легалка"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "tubular organ for laying eggs",
          "word": "pūtukuhua"
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        {
          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "tubular organ for laying eggs",
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          "sense": "tubular organ for laying eggs",
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      "word": "legboor"
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      "sense": "tubular organ for laying eggs",
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      "sense": "tubular organ for laying eggs",
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      "word": "ovopositore"
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