📚 noun • entry_id 15679
ootheca
/əʊəˈθiːkə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
ooteca
An egg case of any of the orthopteroid insects (such as cockroaches and mantids).
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.
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