Ootheca \O`["o]*the"ca\, n.; pl. {O["o]thec[ae]}. [NL., fr. Gr.
? an egg + ? a case.] (Zo["o]l.)
An egg case, especially those of many kinds of mollusks, and
of some insects, as the cockroach. Cf. {O[oe]cium}.
oothecae
See {ootheca}