ootheca

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An egg case of any of the orthopteroid insects (such as cockroaches and mantids).
2. noun The theca or sporangium of ferns.

Similar words

orthopteroid egg pod orthropteroid egg case orthopter orthopteran ectobiid orthopteron ant egg orthoptera

Often followed by

is of mantidis wolleyana and in was by formation

Word family

oothecae oothecal