English
Etymology
From oo- + Greek θηκη ‘case’.
Pronunciation
IPA|/əʊə'θi:kə/
Noun
en-noun|oothec|ae
- An egg case of any of the orthopteroid insects (such as cockroaches and mantids).
#:*1990: 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. — Daniel Evan Weiss, The Roaches Have No King
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