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[R] Structure surrounding the eggs of cockroaches, mantises and orthopterous insects, and consisting of a sticky but rapidly hardening substance.

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* Ooothecae (INRA)
1: Mantid.
2: Cockroach.
3: Grasshoper (Orthoptera).
a: ground; b: cork; c: eggs.
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