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oviposit verb [ ˌəʊvɪˈpɒzɪt ]

• (especially of an insect) lay an egg or eggs.
• "larger females have the potential to oviposit on a greater number of hosts"
Origin: early 19th century: from ovi- ‘egg’ + Latin posit- ‘placed’ (from the verb ponere ).

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