cockroach
English Thesaurus
1. any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | dictyopterous insect, |
| definition | : | cockroaches and mantids (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | asiatic cockroach, blackbeetle, blatta orientalis, oriental cockroach, oriental roach, |
| definition | : | dark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmopolitan in distribution (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | american cockroach, periplaneta americana, |
| definition | : | large reddish brown free-flying cockroach originally from southern United States but now widely distributed (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | australian cockroach, periplaneta australasiae, |
| definition | : | widely distributed in warm countries (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | blattella germanica, croton bug, crotonbug, german cockroach, water bug, |
| definition | : | small light-brown cockroach brought to United States from Europe; a common household pest (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | giant cockroach, |
| definition | : | large tropical American cockroaches (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | blattaria, blattodea, suborder blattaria, suborder blattodea, |
| definition | : | cockroaches; in some classifications considered an order (noun.animal) |
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