See Also: ootheca(medicine)
ootheca(dictionary)

Scrooge (oh) and ootheca (iou)


Scrooge (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: Ebenezer Scrooge, character in A Christmas Carol (1843) by Charles Dickens]
someone who hates spending money
::You're turning into a real scrooge!

ootheca (iou)



ootheca noun. . M19.
[from OO- + Greek theke case, receptacle.]
Zoology. The egg-case of certain invertebrates, esp. the orthopteroid insects.
oothecal adjective E20.