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

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Also called egg case.

Creating PGCs from skin tissue, on the other hand, seems like a walk in the park compared to egg freezing.
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Egg-laying hens are placed in cages to unnaturally churn out egg after egg.
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We happily hoist our egg nog in the air, embrace each other, and raise our out-of-tune voices in song.
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Brush the pastry with egg wash and sprinkle with fleur de sel and pepper.
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Place a pastry circle over each bowl, adhering it with the egg wash.
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Almost as soon as she had finished building her nest she had discovered a strange-looking egg there.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey
Wright's stain gives the nucleus a deep purple color and the cytoplasm a pale robin's-egg blue in typical cells.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
The cytoplasm of lymphocytes is generally robin's-egg blue; that of the large mononuclears may have a faint bluish tinge.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Chloride of Lime … bad smell … bad egg … white of egg … fowl … grain … flour … flour and water … milk fluid … milk.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
Carbolic Acid … liquid … oil … sweet oil … castor oil … aperient … Epsom Salts … white … white of egg.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)

egg sac

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