egg sac
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The organism’s various states of evolution — as an egg sac or the Facehuggers that hatch from them — are back too.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2025
It can also spread when the spiderlings first hatch from the egg sac.
From Washington Post • Mar. 15, 2022
Like the praying mantis who's male through the whole thing, and then has this egg sac, but Mom and I still call it "he."
From Salon • Nov. 15, 2021
A striped fishing spider spinning an egg sac was among the winners in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year photo competition sponsored by the Natural History Museum in London.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 20, 2021
He crept along till he reached the egg sac.
From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White
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