Usually means: Protective case for insect eggs.
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  1. ootheca: Merriam-Webster
  2. ootheca: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ootheca: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ootheca: Collins English Dictionary
  5. ootheca: Wiktionary
  6. ootheca: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. ootheca: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. ootheca: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Ootheca, ootheca: Dictionary.com
  10. Ootheca: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Ootheca: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. Ootheca: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. ootheca: FreeDictionary.org
  14. ootheca: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Ootheca: HYPP Zoology
  2. Glossary of Entomology (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ootheca)

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

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orthopteroid, egg pod, orthropteroid, egg case, orthopter, ectobiid, orthopteron, ant egg, orthoptera, oecophorid, more...

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orthopteroid, egg pod, orthropteroid, egg case, orthopter, ectobiid, orthopteron, ant egg, orthoptera, oecophorid, more...



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