oviscape

== English == === Etymology === From Latin ovum (“egg”) plus scāpus (“stem or shaft”), from Ancient Greek (Doric) σκᾶπος (skâpos). === Noun === oviscape (plural oviscapes) (entomology) 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ovipositor of some species of insects, typically the non-retractile sheath that remains exposed when the ovipositor is withdrawn and not in action. (entomology) The oviscapte or ovipositor. === References ===