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
The pictures show a protective covering marked "Larson".
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 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
I think the crystal shell of silica is no more than a protective covering, like an eggshell, and that the active principle is the smell inside.
From A Martian Odyssey by Weinbaum, Stanley Grauman
