roach

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roach (plural roaches)

A small freshwater fish in the carp family (Cyprinidae), Rutilus rutilus.
(US) A cockroach.
(US, slang, smoking) A butt of a marijuana cigarette.
(UK, slang, smoking) The filter of a rolled cigarette or joint, made from card or paper.
(nautical) An extra curve of material added to the leech edge of a sail to increase the sail area.
A kind of headdress worn by some of the indigenous peoples of North America.

Rutilus rutilus

slang: butt of a marijuana cigarette

US: cockroach — see cockroach

nautical: curve in the bottom of a sail