Definition of Oothica

Definition of Oothica

||O`ö*the"ca (?), n.; pl. Oöthecæ (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?; an egg + &?; a case.] (Zoöl.) An egg case, especially those of many kinds of mollusks, and of some insects, as the cockroach. Cf. Oœcium.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

An egg case of any of the orthopteroid insects (such as cockroaches and mantids).

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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