ootheca
/əʊəˈθiːkə/
noun 2
Definitions
noun
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.
2
The theca or sporangium of ferns.
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