egg case

How to use egg case in a sentence

• The size of this egg-case depends on the size of the species, ranging from three to about eight inches in length.

  A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2) | David Starr Jordan

• How the cockroach deposits its egg-case; a study in insect behavior.

  The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches | Louis M. Roth

• A similar structure, as the egg-case of spiders, earthworms, etc.

  A Guide for the Study of Animals | Worrallo Whitney

• This egg case is often known as the "mermaid collar," on account of its striking resemblance to a collar.

  Harper's Young People, July 19, 1881 | Various

• The wasp tried to oviposit into the egg case but was upset and pursued by the cockroach.

  The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches | Louis M. Roth