Definitions
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- noun anatomy A
depression in thesphenoid bone ; thepituitary fossa . - noun zoology A
saddle -shapedcavity to contain thewinter eggs , situated on the back ofCladocera .
Etymologies
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Examples
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These resting eggs are then enclosed in a thick, protective case called an ephippium.
Crustacea 2008
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A large South American Frog (Ceratophrys cornuta), which devours other smaller Frogs as well as small birds and beasts, is noteworthy on account of the singular bony plates which are enclosed in the skin of its back: a character which it shares with a small South American Toad (Brachycephalus ephippium), and which we shall hereafter see to be a point of special interest.
The Common Frog 1874
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Ostrea radians and O. sellaeformis belong also to the miocene beds, together with the Anomia ephippium; the latter is always broken.
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Faber clavicularius quem superius fabrum mendaciorum dixi, narravit se tempore belli, credens suos se subsecuturos equitando ad cujusdam oppidi portas penetrasse: et cum ad portas venisset cataractam turre demissam, equum suum post ephippium discidisse, dimidiatumque reliquisse, atque se media parte equi ad forum usque oppidi equitasse, et caedem non modicam peregisse.
The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen Rudolf Erich Raspe 1765
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These resting eggs are then enclosed in a thick, protective case called an ephippium.
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C. ephippium on Pinzon Island, and captive breeding and repatriation of
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Michael A. Russello et al. 2010
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C. ephippium on Pinzon Island, and captive breeding and repatriation of
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Third there are winter eggs which are released instantly either naked or in a protected cuticular ephippium.
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Third there are winter eggs which are released instantly either naked or in a protected cuticular ephippium.
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Third there are winter eggs which are released instantly either naked or in a protected cuticular ephippium.
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