Examples of ootheca in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Depending on the species of praying mantis, the ootheca could have approximately 100-200 eggs, which could certainly hatch earlier than expected after spending a month or so in someone's warm home. — Kaitlin Menza, House Beautiful, 12 Dec. 2019 Behind the female’s bottomless appetite is the extraordinary size of her egg case, or ootheca, a frothy proteinous mass studded with up to 400 eggs that can amount to half her body weight. — Natalie Angier, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2017

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