cockroach
Noun
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Any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects;
Some are domestic pests (synset 102235990)is a type of: dictyopterous insect - cockroaches and mantidssubtypes:- asiatic cockroach, blackbeetle, blatta orientalis, oriental cockroach, oriental roach - dark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmopolitan in distribution
- american cockroach, periplaneta americana - large reddish brown free-flying cockroach originally from southern United States but now widely distributed
- australian cockroach, periplaneta australasiae - widely distributed in warm countries
- blattella germanica, croton bug, crotonbug, german cockroach, water bug - small light-brown cockroach brought to United States from Europe; a common household pest
- giant cockroach - large tropical American cockroaches
belongs to: blattaria, blattodea, suborder blattaria, suborder blattodea - cockroaches; in some classifications considered an ordersame as: roach
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