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Meaning of OOTHECA

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\O`["o]*the"ca\, n.; pl. {O["o]thec[ae]}. [NL., fr. Gr.
? an egg + ? a case.] (Zo["o]l.)
An egg case, especially those of many kinds of mollusks, and
of some insects, as the cockroach. Cf. {O[oe]cium}.
 
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