oviposit
Meaning of oviposit
verb
- (especially of an insect) lay an egg or eggs.
larger females have the potential to oviposit on a greater number of hosts
early 19th century: from ovi- ‘egg’ + Latin posit- ‘placed’ (from the verb ponere ).
Information about oviposit
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of oviposit is: oviposits.
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Hyphenation of oviposit
oviposit
- It consists of 1 syllables and 8 chars.
- oviposit is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Words that rhyme with oviposit
mesoinosit, codeposit, composit, contraposit, deposit, disposit, electrodeposit, exposit, juxtaposit, larviposit, opposit, posit, postposit, predeposit, redeposit, reposit, subdeposit, superdeposit, prosit, rosit
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