Medical term:
ootheca
o·o·the·ca
(ō-ō-thē'kă),1. An egg case found in some lower animals.
2. Rarely used term for ovary.
[G. ōon, egg, + thēkē, box, case]
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ootheca
(ō′ə-thē′kə)n. pl. oothe·cae (-sē)
The usually hardened egg case of certain invertebrates, such as a cockroach.
o′o·the′cal adj.
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ootheca
a case around the eggs of some insects.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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