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

Long before Tyrannosaurus rex walked the Earth, sap engulfed a spider guarding her egg sac.

From Science News

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

From Project Gutenberg

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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