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ovitraps

ovitraps is the plural of ovitrap.

Meaning of ovitrap

Noun

ovitrap (plural ovitraps)

  1. A device that resembles the preferred breeding site of mosquitoes, used to attract them and capture their eggs in scientific studies.
    • The seasonal pattern of egg laying activity of a French Mediterranean population of the Asian tiger mosquito was monitored weekly for 2 years with ovitraps.2015 December 19, “Seasonal Synchronization of Diapause Phases in Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about ovitraps

What is ovitraps the plural of?
Ovitraps is the plural of ovitrap.

Words near ovitraps in the dictionary

  1. ovistrip
  2. ovistrips
  3. ovists
  4. ovitrap
  5. ovitrapping
  6. ovitraps
  7. oviviviparity
  8. oviviviparous
  9. ovivorous
  10. ovo-
  11. ovo-lacto-vegetarian

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