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sea purse

noun

  1. the horny egg case of certain rays and sharks.

sea purse

noun

  1. a tough horny envelope containing fertilized eggs, produced by the female of certain sharks and skates Also calledmermaid's purse
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sea purse1

First recorded in 1800–10
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Several of the bladder-wracks or "sea-grapes" will dry nicely, as also will the egg cases of the whelk and the "sea purses" and "skate barrows," really the egg bags of the dogfish and skate.

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