ootheca
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See also: oötheca
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Etymology[edit]
oo- (“egg-”) + theca (“sheath”)
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Noun[edit]
ootheca (plural oothecae)
- An egg case of any of the orthopteroid insects (such as cockroaches and mantids).
- 1994, Daniel Evan Weiss, The Roaches Have No King, →ISBN, page 4:
- Since the founding of the colony it had been a tradition to unload oothecae – egg sacs – in the cabinets so the younglings would be near the principal food stocks.