‖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.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.