BLATTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Blatta mean? 

• BLATTA (noun)
  The noun BLATTA has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Blattidae: cockroaches infesting buildings worldwide

  Familiarity information: BLATTA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLATTA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Blattidae: cockroaches infesting buildings worldwide

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Blatta; genus Blatta

Hypernyms ("Blatta" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Blatta"):

Asiatic cockroach; blackbeetle; Blatta orientalis; oriental cockroach; oriental roach (dark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmopolitan in distribution)

Holonyms ("Blatta" is a member of...):

Blattidae; family Blattidae (domestic cockroaches)