- egg purse
- egg capsule, egg case or egg purse nounA protective covering in which the eggs of some animals are enclosed• • •Main Entry: ↑egg————————egg purse see ↑egg capsule above.• • •Main Entry: ↑egg
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egg case — noun 1. a. or egg capsule : a protective case enclosing eggs (as of certain insects and mollusks) : ootheca see sea necklace b. or … Useful english dictionary
egg capsule — noun see egg case 1a * * * egg capsule, egg case or egg purse noun A protective covering in which the eggs of some animals are enclosed • • • Main Entry: ↑egg … Useful english dictionary
Egg case (Chondrichthyes) — Egg case of a skate. An egg case or egg capsule, colloquially known as a mermaid s purse or devil s purse, is a casing that surrounds the fertilized eggs of some sharks, skates, and chimaeras. They are among the common objects which are washed up … Wikipedia
Purse (disambiguation) — A purse is a large or small handbag in American English, and a small money container similar to a wallet in British English.Purse may also refer to: * Samaritan s Purse, a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization * Purse seine, a type … Wikipedia
Egg (biology) — Bird eggs and others (click on image for key) … Wikipedia
purse — Synonyms and related words: Swiss bank account, abbreviate, and pence, assets, award, bag, balance, bank account, billfold, bottom dollar, bucks, budget, capital, cash, cash reserves, checking account, circumscribe, coarct, cocker, cockle,… … Moby Thesaurus
sea purse — noun the seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore • Syn: ↑undertow, ↑sea puss, ↑sea puss, ↑sea purse, ↑sea poose • Hypernyms: ↑undertide, ↑undercurrent * * * … Useful english dictionary
sea purse — n. a horny egg case or egg capsule produced by certain rays and sharks … English World dictionary
Sea purse — (s[=e] p[^u]rs ). (Zo[ o]l.) The horny egg case of a skate, and of certain sharks. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Mermaid's purse — Mermaid s purses (also known as Devil s Purses) are the normally empty egg cases of skates, sharks and rays. They are among the objects which are washed in by the sea, and can be found at the shore, at the furthest point of the high tide.The size … Wikipedia
