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mermaid's purse
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mermaid's purse
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) another name for sea purse
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There will also be the chance to view a 'shark nursery' - home to egg-cases, or mermaid's purses, and newly-hatched baby sharks.
ECHO Time Off: Event to get your teeth into by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
The hunt for eggcases, which are sometimes referred to as mermaid's purses, was organised in response to the decline in skate and ray found in UK waters.
Eggs on the beach? No yolk by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
They get laid in Mermaid's Purses, and then they pop out and hide in the sea bed when they're born.
A sight to sea; James Milne, seven, took his mum, Lisa, dad, Ronald, ... by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
 
 
 
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