Ootheca

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The egg case of certain insects and mollusks.
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  • n. An egg case of any of the orthopteroid insects (such as cockroaches and mantids).
    • Word Usage
    "Other species, however, simply drop the ootheca off in some hidden corner, where the babies can incubate safely while you beat their mothers to death with a shoe."
     
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