egg sac

noun

1. a silken case or capsule containing eggs of a female spider.

egg sac

1. The silken pouch in which many spiders deposit their eggs.
2. Also called egg case

Example Sentences

A characteristic feature is the white corrugated egg-sac attached to the end of the body (Fig. 5).

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A lycosid spider (Pardosa lapidicina) carrying an egg sac was basking on an inclined rock surface.

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In the specimen figured, the egg-sac was concealed in the upper part of the web.

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Fig. 108 represents the large egg-sac of one of the orb weavers.

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These eggs hatch early in the winter; but no spiders emerge from the egg-sac until the following spring.

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