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egg case

1. A protective capsule that contains eggs, produced by certain insects, mollusks, and elasmobranch fishes.

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Abstract--From late 2014 through 2017, fishery observers in the North Pacific Observer Program, National Marine Fisheries Service, were trained in the identification and sampling of skate egg cases to investigate the interactions between fisheries and skate nursery areas in the eastern Bering Sea.

Interactions between fisheries and early life stages of skates in nursery areas of the eastern Bering Sea

To test the importance of elevation in the placement of egg cases, we put the egg case data for all years combined and sorted into the eight cardinal directions into two groups, those deposited [less than or equal to] 1-m and those placed >1 m.

Dispersion and temperature-associated orientation of Chinese mantis (Mantodea: Mantidae) egg cases

Case and box machine used to hold the heads of wooden boxes and crates--in particular, egg cases before the era of cardboard cartons--in position during construction.

Wanted: Gadgets, gizmos & contraptions: July mystery tools

This year I bought a praying mantis egg case and a little net bag of ladybugs.

Gardening as a labor of love: one organic grower recounts why gardening is in her blood, as well as how her plots have changed over the years

Glue your egg case to the middle of your painted paper.

Celebrating a seaside treasure

Bamboo sharks (Chiloscyllium punctatum) develop inside a leathery egg case (left) that opens slightly near hatching time.

How bizarre: be still my gills

Neither true nautilus, nor paper, and not even technically a shell, the paper nautilus shell is actually the egg case of a tropical-to-subtropical octopus called Argonauta.

Shelter from the sea: Wedgwood's art and the science of the paper nautilus

One reason health and agriculture officials were able to trace salmonella to the Umpqua Dairy plant is that unlike the strain in the egg case, the strain in the dairy was very uncommon.

Salmonella-tainted eggs not detected in Oregon

The baffle zone is the most variable according to the reproductive mode because it is responsible for the egg case production.

Morphological study of the oviductal gland in the smallnose fanskate Sympterygia bonapartii (Muller and Henle, 1841) (Chondrichthyes, Rajidae)/Estudo morfologico da glandula oviductal no smallnose fanskate Sympterygia bonapartii (Muller and henle, 1841) (Chondrichthyes, Rajidae)

Praying mantis egg case (Ootheca mantidis, Sang Piao Xiao) strengthens kidney energy and helps with urinary incontinence and bedwetting in children.

Medicinal herbs in your backyard: see the setting outside your door differently with Rachel Nowakowski

We collected measurements of the width and height of 30 individual latex egg cases; 10 were selected at random from 3 egg case panels and then averaged.

Settlement of Pacific calico scallop larvae (Argopecten ventricosus, Sowerby II, 1842) on their predator, the black murex snail (Hexaplex nigritus, Philippi, 1845)

Omega-3 claims are all over the egg case, from brands like Land O Lakes to Best, Gold Circle Farms, Full Spectrum Farms, Giving Nature, Safeway, and more.

Omega-3 madness

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