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Tympanum vs Ovipositor - What's the difference?

tympanum | ovipositor |

As nouns the difference between tympanum and ovipositor

is that tympanum is (architecture) a triangular space between the sides of a pediment while ovipositor is (zoology) a tubular protruding organ for laying eggs.

tympanum

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (architecture) A triangular space between the sides of a pediment.
  • (architecture) The space within an arch, and above a lintel or a subordinate arch, spanning the opening below the arch.
  • The middle ear.
  • The eardrum.
  • A hearing organ in frogs, toads and some insects.
  • (engineering) A drum-shaped wheel with spirally curved partitions by which water is raised to the axis when the wheel revolves with the lower part of the circumference submerged; used for raising water, as for irrigation.

    • Quotations

    * 2005 , , Bloomsbury Publishing, paperback, page 9 *: It was a black-and-white picture of a Romanesque doorway, with flanking saints and a lively Last Judgement in the tympanum [...].

    ovipositor

    English

    (wikipedia ovipositor)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) A tubular protruding organ for laying eggs.

    • Related terms

    * oviposit * oviposition