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mermaid's purse
noun
- the horny or leathery egg case of certain cartilaginous fishes, as skates.
mermaid's purse
noun
- another name for sea purse
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of mermaid's purse1
Example Sentences
From other buckets he pulls specimens of black coral and a deep sea skate's egg case, a large version of what we landlubbers sometimes refer to as a mermaid's purse.
The ray was trapped in its egg case - known as a mermaid's purse - and would otherwise have died at Macduff Marine Aquarium in Aberdeenshire.
The ray was trapped in its egg case - known as a mermaid's purse - and would have died.
The egg cases were about the size of iPhones and the color of banana peels, with tails at the corners that give them their common name — “mermaid’s purse.”
"I haven't a penny with me, I'm afraid," answered Isobel, rummaging in her pockets, and turning out several interesting pebbles, a few shells, a mermaid's purse, and the remains of a spider crab.
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