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noun (oothec, ae)
  1. 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
Etymology: From oo- + Greek "case".

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