ephippium
noun
a thick shell, consisting of two chitinous plates, that encloses and protects the winter eggs of a cladoceran.
ephippial
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a word derived from
ephippium.
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“The appearance of male specimens was always contemporary with the first ephippial formation in the females.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various
