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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'ootheca' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions ootheca 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 Etymology: From oo- + Greek "case".        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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