devil's purse
English
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devil's purse (skate egg case)
Noun
devil's purse (plural devil's purses)
- The egg case of some sharks, skates, and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes).
Synonyms
- (egg case): mermaid's purse, sea-purse
Further reading
Egg case (Chondrichthyes) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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