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Oviposit

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Oviposit"

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Word	Definition
spawnverb	(transitive) To produce or deposit (eggs) in water.
layverb	(transitive) To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
meetverb	To make contact (with someone) while in proximity.
respondverb	(transitive, intransitive) To say something in return; to answer; to reply.
ovulateverb	(intransitive) To produce eggs or ova.
lay an eggverb	(of a bird or other egg-creating animal) To produce an egg.
give birthverb	(intransitive, of viviparous animals) To release live offspring from the body into the environment.
broodnoun	The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.
incubate	(transitive) To brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal environmental conditions.
haveverb	(transitive) To possess, own.
hatchnoun	A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.
ovariotomizeverb	(transitive) To perform an ovariotomy upon.
inocubateverb	Misspelling of incubate. [(transitive) To brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal environmental conditions.]
litternoun	(uncountable) Waste or debris, originally any mess but now particularly trash left or thrown on the ground.
inseminateverb	(by extension) To impregnate (to cause to become pregnant).
gestateverb	(intransitive) To carry offspring in the uterus from conception to delivery.
nidificateverb	(intransitive) To make or build a nest.
nestnoun	A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
nidifyverb	(zoology) To make a nest.
reproduceverb	(transitive or intransitive, biology) To generate or propagate offspring or organisms sexually or asexually.