Noun
The organ with which many insects and some other animals deposit their eggs. Some ichneumon files have a long ovipositor fitted to pierce the eggs or larvae of other insects, in order to lay their own eggs within the same.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe female papaya fruit fly has a very long, slender abdomen with an extended ovipositor that exceeds the length of its body. Source: Internet
The male papaya fruit fly looks like the female with the differences of a hairy abdomen and no ovipositor. Source: Internet
In some cases the injection also introduces virus particles that suppress the host's immune system and prevent it from destroying the eggs. citation However, in virtually all stinging Hymenoptera, the ovipositor is no longer used for egg-laying. Source: Internet
Females typically have a special ovipositor for inserting eggs into hosts or otherwise inaccessible places. Source: Internet
Seahorses have an ovipositor for introducing eggs into the brood pouch of the male, who carries them till it is time to release the fry into a suitable situation in the open water. Source: Internet
Some insects, such as the Dipteran families Tephritidae and Pyrgotidae have well-developed ovipositors only partly retracted when not in use, and the part that sticks out is called the scape or oviscape, meaning the stalk of the ovipositor. Source: Internet