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cockroach Definition

cock·roach (käkrōc̸h′)

noun

any of an order (Blattaria) of insects with long antennae and a flat, soft body: some species are common household pests

Etymology: Sp cucaracha, wood louse, cockroach, altered by assoc. with cock + roach

cockroach Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • hiss: Also a very good web page on hissing cockroaches.
  • kill: Kill a cockroach, next life die of some stupid vector virus.
  • find: Then one day we found a cockroach lying upside down in a giant size tub of margarine.
  • see: Pixie sees the missing cockroach - it has somehow got onto Joyce's shoulder ( didn't she feel it crawling up her leg?
  • include: I have compassion for all sentient beings, including cockroaches.
  • have: A nasty hotel in Greece that had cockroaches in the room.

Adjective modifier

  • Oriental: The Oriental Cockroach unlike the German variety is unable to climb smooth vertical surfaces.
  • giant: They run workshops which will give you the chance to create a flying machine or handle giant cockroaches.
  • German: They found the worst infestation of German cockroaches they had ever seen in a food shop.
  • female: Female German cockroaches may occasionally help the nymphs emerge from the egg capsule.
  • common: The world's most common cockroach is the American Cockroach which was taken to the United States inadvertently on slave ships from Africa.
  • small: Small red-brown cockroaches are also sometimes to be found here.

Modifies a noun

  • infestation: The presence of cockroach infestation can also be detected by the strong foul odor left behind on the material they run across.
  • killer: Although chemicals of this cockroach killer ( Black Knight Roach Kille?
  • etc: Use biodegradable non-persistent treatments to minimize transmission effects to wildlife when controlling public health pests ( fleas, bedbugs, cockroaches etc ).
  • race: The cockroach races take place in the rec room.
  • problem: Have they got rid of their cockroach problems yet?
  • poison: Maybe there were traces of cockroach poison in the sandwiches.

Noun used with modifier

  • mouse: The council Pest Control service is available to treat pests including: mice rats wasps fleas cockroaches bedbugs.
  • adult: Adult cockroaches may vary in size from 1050mm in length.

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