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noun

The basal part of the ovipositor of some species of insects, typically the non-retractile sheath that remains exposed when the ovipositor is withdrawn and not in action.

OriginLatin ovum →
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Meanings

nounoviscape (plural oviscapes)

plural oviscapes

  1. biologyThe basal part of the ovipositor of some species of insects, typically the non-retractile sheath that remains exposed when the ovipositor is withdrawn and not in action.
  2. biologyThe oviscapte or ovipositor.

Origin

  1. Latinovum“egg”
  2. Englishoviscape

From Latin ovum (“egg”) plus scāpus (“stem or shaft”), from Ancient Greek (Doric) σκᾶπος (skâpos).

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APA

oviscape. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oviscape

MLA

“oviscape.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oviscape. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oviscape,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oviscape.

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