Oothecae

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ootheca \O`o*the"ca\, n.; pl. {Oothecae}. [NL., fr. Gr. w,'o`n
     an egg + ? a case.] (Zool.)
     An egg case, especially those of many kinds of mollusks, and
     of some insects, as the cockroach. Cf. {Ooecium}.
     [1913 Webster] Ooticoid



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  oothecae
       See {ootheca}