[no obj.](Zoology)(especially of an insect) lay an egg or eggs (动)(尤指昆虫)产卵 larger females have the potential to oviposit on a greater number of hosts. 体型更大的雌虫有能力在数量更多的宿主上产卵。
派生 oviposition noun 语源
early 19th cent.: from ovi- 'egg' + Latin posit- 'placed' (from the verb ponere)