oviscapte
French, noun/ɔ.vis.kapt/
oviscapte is a French masculine noun meaning “ovipositor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Prolongement de l’abdomen de certains insectes, à l’aide duquel les femelles font des trous pour loger leurs…”.
What does oviscapte mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineovipositor
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Prolongement de l’abdomen de certains insectes, à l’aide duquel les femelles font des trous pour loger leurs œufs.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of oviscapte
- oviscaptes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce oviscapte?
- /ɔ.vis.kapt/
- \ɔ.vi.skapt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is oviscapte in French?
oviscapte appears about once in every 46 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).