Assertion: female cicada | /r/CapableOf | insert egg
Facets:
value: into the slits
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: into twigs
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Female cicadas sometimes cause injury when they insert eggs into twigs, producing wound pockets that may weaken smaller branches and cause them to break.
text: It does this by piercing plant stems with its ovipositor (egg-laying spike at the tip of the abdomen) and inserting the eggs into the slits it has made.