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oothecae

/əʊəˈθiːsiː/

oothecae is the plural 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.

Questions about oothecae

What is oothecae the plural of?
Oothecae is the plural of ootheca.
How do you pronounce oothecae?
Oothecae is pronounced /əʊəˈθiːsiː/.

Words near oothecae in the dictionary

  1. OOTDs
  2. Ooten
  3. Ootens
  4. Ootha
  5. ootheca
  6. oothecae
  7. oothecal
  8. ootid
  9. ootidogenesis
  10. ootids
  11. OOTL

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