egg-burster

egg-burster
(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
Various cuticular structures that aid in hatching by rupturing the egg membranes; egg tooth; hatching spine; ruptor ovi; hatching tooth.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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