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See also: oötheca
English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Cockroach_egglaying_2.jpg/220px-Cockroach_egglaying_2.jpg)
Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]oo- (“egg-”) + theca (“sheath”)
Pronunciation
[edit]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.