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oötheca

oötheca is the alternative spelling of ootheca.

Meaning of ootheca

Noun

ootheca (plural oothecae)

  1. 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.1994, Daniel Evan Weiss, The Roaches Have No King, →ISBN, page 4
  2. The theca or sporangium of ferns.

Forms of oötheca

pluraloöthecae

Origin of oötheca

From oö- + theca.

Questions about oötheca

What is oötheca the alternative spelling of?
Oötheca is the alternative spelling of ootheca.

Words near oötheca in the dictionary

  1. oöspheres
  2. oöspore
  3. oöspores
  4. oöstegite
  5. oöstegites
  6. oötheca
  7. oöthecae
  8. oötid
  9. oötidogenesis
  10. oötids
  11. Oława

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