ootheca

See also: oötheca

English

A cockroach (Periplaneta fuliginosa) in Sydney laying an ootheca.

Alternative forms

• oötheca

Etymology

From oo- (“egg-”) +‎ theca (“sheath”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əʊəˈθiːkə/

Noun

ootheca (plural oothecae)

1. An egg case of any of the orthopteroid insects (such as cockroaches and mantids).
   • 1994, Daniel Evan Weiss, The Roaches Have No King, →ISBN, page 4:

     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.

Derived terms

• oothecal

Translations

egg case of orthopteroid insects

• Finnish: munapussi, munasäkki
• French: oothèque (fr) f
• Hungarian: petezárvány, ootheca
• Italian: ooteca f
• Polish: ooteka f
• Russian: ооте́ка (ru) f (ootéka)
• Spanish: ooteca f