Word.ws English Dictionary

egg cases

egg cases is the plural of egg case.

Meaning of egg case

Noun

egg case (plural egg cases)

  1. A protective capsule that contains the eggs of some insects and molluscs
    • A sand saucer is formed from egg cases.
    Synonyms:
    egg capsule
  2. The leathery egg of certain marine animals such as sharks and skate
    • A mermaid's purse is a type of egg case.

Questions about egg cases

What is egg cases the plural of?
Egg cases is the plural of egg case.

Words near egg cases in the dictionary

  1. egg capsule
  2. egg capsules
  3. egg carton
  4. egg cartons
  5. egg case
  6. egg cases
  7. egg cell
  8. egg cells
  9. egg coffee
  10. egg coffees
  11. egg cosies

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: egg cases (page history and authors); egg case (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “egg cases.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/egg_cases. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.