ovitrap

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noun

A device that resembles the preferred breeding site of mosquitoes, used to attract them and capture their eggs in scientific studies.

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Meanings

nounovitrap (plural ovitraps)

plural ovitraps

  1. A device that resembles the preferred breeding site of mosquitoes, used to attract them and capture their eggs in scientific studies.

    The seasonal pattern of egg laying activity of a French Mediterranean population of the Asian tiger mosquito was monitored weekly for 2 years with ovitraps.

    2015 December 19, “Seasonal Synchronization of Diapause Phases in Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From ovi- (“egg”) + trap.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

optivar
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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