OÖTHECA

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‖O′ö‐the″ca (?), n.; pl. Oöthecæ (#). [[NL., fr. Gr. ῳὄν an egg + � a case.]] (Zoöl.) An egg case, especially those of many kinds of mollusks, and of some insects, as the cockroach. Cf. Oœcium.