protective covering
Example Sentences
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Depending on the scale species they may overwinter as an immature scale, fertilized female or eggs under the protective covering.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 6, 2024
Normally, barriers exist within the protective covering of the brain, called the meninges, to prevent unwanted spillage into the brain.
From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2023
If the egg develops outside the body, it usually has a protective covering over it.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
It could be Isaiah Mobley if the USC star forward who broke his nose last week opts for a protective covering against the Bruins.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2022
The most important of these in pyemia is a break in continuity of the protective covering, as a wound, which affords an entrance into the tissues for the organisms.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
