ootheca

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An egg case of any of the orthopteroid insects (such as cockroaches and mantids).
    — Since the founding of the colony it had been a tradition to unload oothecae – egg sacs – in the cabinets so the younglings would be near the principal food stocks.
  2. The theca or sporangium of ferns.

词形变化

oothecae plural oötheca alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
oothecal

词源

Etymology tree
English oo-
English theca
English ootheca
From oo- (“egg-”) + theca (“sheath”).
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