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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
oviposit /ˌəʊvɪˈpɒzɪt/

▶verb (oviposits, ovipositing, oviposited) Zoology (especially of an insect) lay an egg or eggs.

– derivatives
oviposition noun.

– origin C19: from ovi- + L. posit-, ponere ‘to place’.

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