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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

oviposit en · VERB

Etymology

From ovi- (“egg”) + Latin pōsitus (“placed”), perfect passive participle of pōnere (“to place”).

Meanings

  1. (intransitive, qualifier:zoology or paraphilia) To lay eggs.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
ovipositing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
oviposits Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
oviposited Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
oviposited Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

oviposition · unoviposited

Relateds

ovipositor

Translations (5)

es ovipositar (to lay eggs) · it ovideporre (to lay eggs) · bg снасям яйца (to lay eggs) · pt ovopositar (to lay eggs) · pt ovipositar (to lay eggs)