ootheca

See also: oötheca

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Etymology

From oo- (“egg-”) +‎ theca (“sheath”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əʊəˈθiːkə/

Noun

ootheca (plural oothecae)

  1. 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.
  2. (botany) The theca or sporangium of ferns.

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