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o·vi·sac

 (ō′vĭ-săk′)
n.
An egg-containing capsule, such as an ootheca or a Graafian follicle.
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ovisac

(ˈəʊvɪˌsæk)
n
(Zoology) a capsule or sac, such as an ootheca, in which egg cells are produced
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o•vi•sac

(ˈoʊ vəˌsæk)

n.
a sac or capsule containing an ovum or ova.
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Gravid females, recognized by the white ovisacs found on each plant, were counted and recorded every wk for a total of 14 wk.
Although a few unmated females produced ovisacs, while they neither produced eggs nor gave birth any crawlers in the ovisacs.
salvator present grouping of oocytes into a structure similar to ovisacs. This condition appeared to be apomorphic and was associated with the small size of these species (< 10 mm) and their short life cycle.
They laid 310-625 ( X =470.3) creamy white oblong eggs in 3-5 white waxy ovisacs produced under the abdomen at different time intervals during oviposition period.
The mRNA was prepared from embryos harvested from different periods (the embryos collected from ovisacs and the activated embryos) and used as a template for cDNA by the same protocol mentioned above.
According to Shalash (1965) and El-Wishy (1988), the presence of numerous ovisacs on the surface of the camel ovary gave it the appearance of bunch of grapes, while the circular shape of the ovary during pregnancy was subjected to many variations depending on size, position and form of corpus luteum.
- For the tests with Epioblasma spp., mature glochidia were obtained by excising the marsupial gills from gravid female mussels and rupturing the ovisacs with a probe.
To avoid contaminating the newly emerged crawlers, viable ovisacs were removed from cuttings.
Females were viewed through a Leica MZ8 stereo-microscope and counted, and most of them were dissected from the surrounding bone with their tubes and ovisacs intact, though the filamentous extensions of the roots could not be extracted.
viburni was initiated in Oct 2012 with nymphs, adult females, and ovisacs collected from infested "fruits" of organically managed strawberry Fragaria x ananassa Duch.
quadripustulatus to changes in the coccid Eupulvinaria hydrangeae life stages as newly produced ovisacs increased egg-laying of the predator.