Cockroach Definition

kŏkrōch
cockroaches
noun
cockroaches
Any of an order (Blattaria) of insects with long antennae and a flat, soft body: some species are common household pests.
Webster's New World

(zoology) A black or brown straight-winged insect of the order Blattodea.

Wiktionary

(offensive, slang) An unhygienic person or a member of a group of people regarded as unhygienic or rapidly procreating.

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Noun

Singular:
cockroach
Plural:
cockroaches

Origin of Cockroach

  • From Spanish cucaracha (“woodlouse”), from cuca (“butterfly caterpillars”), of onomatopoeic origin; see also Greek κόκκυξ (kokkuks) and Late Latin cucus. Influenced, via folk etymology, by cock and roach.

    From Wiktionary

  • By folk etymology from obsolete cacarootch from Spanish cucaracha from cuca caterpillar

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Cockroach Sentence Examples

  • It is usually dark brown where as the German Cockroach is a lighter yellowish-brown.

  • Then one day we found a cockroach lying upside down in a giant size tub of margarine.

  • The oriental cockroach unlike the German variety is unable to climb smooth vertical surfaces.

  • A cockroach considered taking its usual skitter across the floor, but was interrupted.

  • The world's most common cockroach is the American Cockroach which was taken to the United States inadvertently on slave ships from Africa.

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