Definition of Ovipositions

1. oviposition [n] - See also: oviposition

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ovipositions

ovine acetonaemia
ovine mastitis
ovine progressive pneumonia
ovines
ovinia
ovioular
ovipara
oviparities
oviparity
oviparous
oviposit
oviposited
ovipositing
oviposition
ovipositional
ovipositions (current term)
ovipositor
ovipositors
oviposits
oviraptor
oviraptoran
oviraptorans
oviraptorid
oviraptorids
oviraptorosaur
oviraptorosaurs
oviraptors
ovisac
ovisacs

Literary usage of Ovipositions

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Problems of Genetics by William Bateson (1913)
"When they became imagines they were similarly given their choice, with the result that there were 104 ovipositions on the tomentose species and only 83 on ..."

2. The Review of Applied Entomology by Commonwealth Institute of Entomology, Imperial Bureau of Entomology (1916)
"The ovipositions in the larvae of the host in the third stage were the most successful. In the laboratory from 8 to 72 eggs were deposited in one ..."

3. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1892)
"With the former method one cannot be certain of the age of his material, for not infrequently two ovipositions become mixed. ..."

4. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science by Indiana Academy of Science (1922)
"In two cases there were twenty-four days and in one case twenty-six days between two successive ovipositions. The dates are found in Table 1. ..."

5. Journal of the New York Entomological Society by New York Entomological Society (1901)
"This shows approximately the difference in rime between the ovipositions uie bee and, from what I saw in the examples confined in the vials, ..."

6. On the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God: As Manifested in the Creation of by William Kirby (1837)
"... to seek those stations for ovipositions that are best suited to the aeration, hatching, and rearing of their spawn—but as no very striking traits are ..."

7. The Psychic Life of Insects by E.-L. Bouvier (1922)
"This castration has resulted in the annihilation of the tendency to couple, to reduce the ovipositions or to make them disappear, and in addition to ..."

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