cockroach
NounUS[kok-rohch]/ˈkɑˌkroʊtʃ/2 syllables
Synonyms:
roach
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)cockroaches
- any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pestsSynonyms: roachType of dictyopterous insectKinds American cockroach, German cockroach, oriental cockroach, giant cockroach, Australian cockroachMember of Blattodea, suborder Blattodea
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Translations
Noun type of insect
- Spanish
- cucaracha
- French
- cafard
- German
- Schabe
- Italian
- blatta
- Portuguese
- barata
- Turkish
- hamamböceği
- Russian
- тарака́н tarakán
- Arabic
- صُرْصُور ṣurṣūr
- Chinese
- 蟑螂 zhāngláng
- Japanese
- ゴキブリ gokiburi
32 more languages
- Dutch
- kakkerlak
- Polish
- karaluch
- Swedish
- kackerlacka
- Greek
- κατσαρίδα katsarída
- Korean
- 바퀴벌레 bakwibeolle
- Indonesian
- kecoak
- Vietnamese
- gián
- Hungarian
- csótány
- Portuguese (PT)
- barata
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 蟑螂 zhāngláng
- Albanian
- kacabu
- Catalan
- panerola
- Czech
- šváb
- Danish
- kakerlak
- Esperanto
- blato
- Estonian
- prussakas
- Finnish
- torakka
- Georgian
- აბანოს ჭია abanos č̣ia
- Hebrew
- תִּיקָן tikán
- Icelandic
- kakkalakki
- Kurdish
- sîsirk
- Latvian
- prusaks
- Lithuanian
- tarakonas
- Malagasy
- kalalao
- Norwegian
- kakerlakk
- Romanian
- gândac de bucătărie
- Serbo-Croatian
- bubašvaba
- Slovak
- šváb
- Slovenian
- ščurek
- Swahili
- mende
- Welsh
- chwilen ddu
- Yiddish
- טאַראַקאַן tarakan
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Cock′roach noun
Origin: Sp. cucaracha.
Zoology An orthopterous insect of the genus Blatta, and allied genera.
☞ The species are numerous, especially in hot countries. Those most commonly infesting houses in Europe and North America are Blatta orientalis, a large species often called black beetle, and the Croton bug (Blatta Germanica, formerly Ectobia Germanica), also called the German cockroach.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: +PJC