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cockroach::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | roach |
| Type of | dictyopterous insect |
| Has types | asiatic cockroach, australian cockroach, blackbeetle, blatta orientalis, blattella germanica, water bug, oriental roach, periplaneta americana, periplaneta australasiae, american cockroach, croton bug, crotonbug, german cockroach, giant cockroach, oriental cockroach |
Examples of cockroach
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A dead cockroach the size of a catcher's mitt rests on the side of the stairway.
From the time.com
The giant cockroach can reach lengths of 2 to 3 inches and is about 1 inch wide.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Above right, a cockroach scampers over the crib of Salas's 8-month-old grandson.
From the washingtonpost.com
The Madagascar hissing cockroach can grow to four inches long and one-inch wide.
From the forbes.com
They belong to the cockroach family Blaberidae, known also as giant cockroaches.
From the sciencedaily.com
Smaller than an apple seed, resilient as a cockroach, bloodthirsty as a vampire.
From the abcnews.go.com
I have some fresh orange juice, into which I have dipped a sterilised cockroach.
From the newscientist.com
Stalin himself appears to have co-opted the cockroach for his own political ends.
From the newsweek.com
Saltoblattella montistabularis is a cockroach that jumps just like a grasshopper.
From the bbc.co.uk
- Any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests
- BlaberidaenBlattellidaenBlattidaenCryptocercidaenPolyphagidaenNocticolidaenTryonicidaenLamproblattidae
- Cockroach is a Danger Danger album released in 2001 as a 2 CD set. One CD features singer Ted Poley and the other CD features singer Paul Laine.
- Cockroach is a dark comedy book by Canadian author Rawi Hage. It was released in 2008, published by W.W. Norton & Company. It is a teen/adult book for advanced literature.
- The Cockroach is a fictional supporting character in Dave Sim's 300-issue comic book series Cerebus the Aardvark. He first appeared in Cerebus the Aardvark #11 (August/September 1979).
- (Cockroaches (Necro EP)) Necro (sometimes referred to as the Necro EP or the Cockroaches EP) is the debut EP by American hip hop musician Necro, released in 1998 by Uncle Howie Records. The EP contains five studio tracks and two instrumental tracks. ...
- (The Cockroaches) The Cockroaches was an Australian pop rock band which achieved reasonable success in the 1980s and 1990s. The band took its name from an obscure nom de plume favoured by The Rolling Stones during the 1960s.
- A black or brown straight-winged insect of the order Blattodea, with about 3,500 species divided into six families. Only a few of these take up residence with human beings. ...
- Euphemism for a player who frequently raises the pot in a blatant attempt to steal the antes or blinds.
