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[edit] Etymology
Spanish cucaracha, woodlouse
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cockroach (plural cockroaches)
- (zoology) 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. Among these are Periplaneta americana (American cockroach or palmetto bug); Blattella germanica (German cockroach or Croton bug); and Blattella asahinai (Asian cockroach).
- Disparaging term for individuals or groups of people regarded as dirty, or who breed like cockroaches.
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insect
- Afrikaans: kakkerlak af(af)
- Alabama: iskanpatha
- Armenian: ուտիճ (utich)
- Bosnian: žohar bs(bs) m.
- Bulgarian: хлебарка bg(bg) (khlebarka) f.
- CJKV Characters: 蟑; 甴 (Cantonese)
- Catalan: escarabat m.
- Chinese: 蟑螂 (zhāngláng)
- Crimean Tatar: qoñuz
- Croatian: žohar hr(hr) m.
- Czech: šváb cs(cs) m.
- Danish: kakerlak da(da) c.
- Dutch: kakkerlak nl(nl) f., sissende kakkerlak nl(nl) f.
- Esperanto: blato eo(eo)
- Finnish: torakka fi(fi)
- French: blatte f., cafard m., cancrelat m., coquerelle f. (Quebec)
- German: Schabe de(de) f., Kakerlake de(de) m.
- Greek: κατσαρίδα (katsaríða) f., μαυρομαμούνα (mavromamúna) f., βρομομαμούνα (vromomamúna) f., βλάττη (vláti) f., κανθαρίδα (kantharíða) (rare) f.
- Hebrew: ג׳וּק (juq) m./תיקן (tikan)
- Hiligaynon: tanga
- Hungarian: csótány hu(hu)
- Ido: blato
- Indonesian: kecoak id(id), kacoa id(id)
- Interlingua: blatta
- Italian: blatta it(it) f., scarafaggio it(it) m.
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