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oviscapes

oviscapes is the plural of oviscape.

Meaning of oviscape

Noun

oviscape (plural oviscapes)

  1. The basal part of the ovipositor of some species of insects, typically the non-retractile sheath that remains exposed when the ovipositor is withdrawn and not in action.
  2. The oviscapte or ovipositor.

Questions about oviscapes

What is oviscapes the plural of?
Oviscapes is the plural of oviscape.

Words near oviscapes in the dictionary

  1. oviraptosaurid
  2. OVIs
  3. ovisac
  4. ovisacs
  5. oviscape
  6. oviscapes
  7. oviscapt
  8. oviscapte
  9. oviscaptes
  10. oviscapts
  11. ovism

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