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Ovipositor

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The ovipositor is an organ used by some animals for the laying of eggs. [1]

37 relations: Acheilognathinae, Aculeata, Animal, Ant, Bee, Cercus, Chrysis ignita, Cicada, Common roach, Cuckoo wasp, Egg, Ensifera, Fish, Fly, Gland, Grasshopper, Hornet, Horntail, Hymenoptera, Insect, Larva, Megarhyssa, Mussel, Organ (anatomy), Parasitism, Plant, Pyrgotidae, Sawfly, Seahorse, Sex organ, Stinger, Tephritidae, Tissue (biology), Trunk (botany), Venom, Wasp, Wood.

Acheilognathinae

The bitterling-like cyprinids form the cyprinid subfamily Acheilognathinae.

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Aculeata

Aculeata is a subclade of Hymenoptera.

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Animal

Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.

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Ant

Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera.

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Bee

Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their role in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the European honey bee, for producing honey and beeswax.

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Cercus

Cerci (singular cercus) are paired appendages on the rear-most segments of many arthropods, including insects and symphylans.

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Chrysis ignita

Chrysis ignita, also known as the ruby-tailed wasp, is a species of cuckoo wasps.

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Cicada

The cicadas are a superfamily, the Cicadoidea, of insects in the order Hemiptera (true bugs).

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Common roach

The roach (Rutilus rutilus), also known as the common roach, is a fresh and brackish water fish of the Cyprinidae family, native to most of Europe and western Asia.

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Cuckoo wasp

Commonly known as cuckoo wasps or emerald wasps, the hymenopteran family Chrysididae is a very large cosmopolitan group (over 3000 described species) of parasitoid or kleptoparasitic wasps, often highly sculptured, with brilliant metallic colors created by structural coloration.

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Egg

An egg is the organic vessel containing the zygote in which an animal embryo develops until it can survive on its own; at which point the animal hatches.

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Ensifera

Ensifera is a suborder of insects that includes the various types of crickets and their allies including: true crickets, camel crickets, bush crickets or katydids, grigs, wetas and Cooloola monsters.

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Fish

Fish are gill-bearing aquatic craniate animals that lack limbs with digits.

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Fly

True flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- di- "two", and πτερόν pteron "wings".

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Gland

A gland is a group of cells in an animal's body that synthesizes substances (such as hormones) for release into the bloodstream (endocrine gland) or into cavities inside the body or its outer surface (exocrine gland).

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Grasshopper

Grasshoppers are insects of the suborder Caelifera within the order Orthoptera, which includes crickets and their allies in the other suborder Ensifera.

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Hornet

Hornets (insects in the genera Vespa and Provespa) are the largest of the eusocial wasps, and are similar in appearance to their close relatives yellowjackets.

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Horntail

Horntail or wood wasp is the common name for any of the 150 non-social species of the family Siricidae, of the order Hymenoptera, a type of xylophagous sawfly.

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Hymenoptera

Hymenoptera is a large order of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants.

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Insect

Insects or Insecta (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates and the largest group within the arthropod phylum.

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Larva

A larva (plural: larvae) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults.

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Megarhyssa

Megarhyssa is a genus of large ichneumon wasps, with some species known for having the longest ovipositors of any insects.

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Mussel

Mussel is the common name used for members of several families of bivalve molluscs, from saltwater and freshwater habitats.

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Organ (anatomy)

Organs are collections of tissues with similar functions.

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Parasitism

In evolutionary biology, parasitism is a relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or in another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life.

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Plant

Plants are mainly multicellular, predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae.

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Pyrgotidae

The Pyrgotidae are an unusual family of flies (Diptera), one of only two families of Cyclorrhapha that lack ocelli.

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Sawfly

Sawflies are the insects of the suborder Symphyta within the order Hymenoptera alongside ants, bees and wasps.

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Seahorse

Seahorse (also written sea-horse and sea horse) is the name given to 54 species of small marine fishes in the genus Hippocampus.

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Sex organ

A sex organ (or reproductive organ) is any part of an animal's body that is involved in sexual reproduction.

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Stinger

A stinger, or sting, is a sharp organ found in various animals (typically arthropods) capable of injecting venom, usually by piercing the epidermis of another animal.

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Tephritidae

The Tephritidae are one of two fly families referred to as fruit flies, the other family being the Drosophilidae.

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Tissue (biology)

In biology, tissue is a cellular organizational level between cells and a complete organ.

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Trunk (botany)

In botany, the trunk (or bole) is the stem and main wooden axis of a tree, which is an important feature in tree identification, and which often differs markedly from the bottom of the trunk to the top, depending on the species.

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Venom

Venomous Animals Venom is a form of toxin secreted by an animal for the purpose of causing harm to another.

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Wasp

A wasp is any insect of the order Hymenoptera and suborder Apocrita that is neither a bee nor an ant.

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Wood

Wood is a porous and fibrous structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovipositor

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