Definition of "oviposit" [o•vi•pos•it]

• To lay eggs, especially by means of an ovipositor. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Have you seen the strikingly-colored Rhagoletis walnut flies that oviposit in the fruit?"
• "Empedocles puts this well in the line: ‘and thus the tall trees oviposit; first olives ...’"
• "The oils are active against eggs and larvae and disable females to oviposit."