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Definition of Ootheca
1. Noun. An egg case of any of the orthopteroid insects (such as cockroaches and mantids). ¹
2. Noun. (alternative spelling of ootheca) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ootheca
1. an egg case of certain insects [n -CAE] : OOTHECAL [adj]
Medical Definition of Ootheca
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ootheca
Literary usage of Ootheca
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt, Malcolm Burr (1890)
"E.— Chitinous ootheca of peculiar type. Known in the following genera ...
Viviparous, ootheca represented by a membrane, which may, or may not, ..."
2. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society by American Entomological Society (1916)
"ootheca.—One female is carrying an almost completely extruded ootheca, ...
This ootheca is very remarkable in having a very heavy sutural ridge, ..."
3. Sanitary entomology: The Entomology of Disease, Hygiene and Sanitation by William Dwight Pierce (1921)
"The eggs are deposited incased in an oblong, leathery pod, called an ootheca,
and containing several eggs each, arranged in two longitudinal rows. ..."
4. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1908)
"The number of eggs in one ootheca varies from 32 to 80.4 All ootheca which I
observed have eight longitudinal rows of cells. The four middle rows contain ..."
5. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1899)
"THE eggs of this insect are enclosed in cells in the ootheca, the walls of ...
The ootheca, according to Glover, are deposited on branches of trees in the ..."
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