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egg case

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egg case
n.
1. A protective capsule of certain animals, such as insects and mollusks, that contains eggs; an ootheca.
2. See egg sac.
egg case
1. A protective capsule of certain animals, such as insects and mollusks, that contains eggs.
2. See egg sac.


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Fascinating views of a shark emerging from an egg case and the live birth of a shark accompany discussion of the three ways fertilized shark eggs develop.
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The eggs that Mantie laid that December never hatched, but we found another egg case in the winter, and it hatched this past spring.
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