COCKROACH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cockroach mean? 

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

1. any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• COCKROACH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

cockroach; roach

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

dictyopterous insect (cockroaches and mantids)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cockroach"):

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

American cockroach; Periplaneta americana (large reddish brown free-flying cockroach originally from southern United States but now widely distributed)

Australian cockroach; Periplaneta australasiae (widely distributed in warm countries)

Blattella germanica; Croton bug; crotonbug; German cockroach; water bug (small light-brown cockroach brought to United States from Europe; a common household pest)

giant cockroach (large tropical American cockroaches)

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

Blattaria; Blattodea; suborder Blattaria; suborder Blattodea (cockroaches; in some classifications considered an order)

 Context examples 

E. blattae was isolated from the hind-gut of cockroaches and is nonpathogenic to humans.

(Escherichia blattae, NCI Thesaurus)

But not you, you can't; you hain't got the invention of a cockroach.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Oh, if you could see him killing cockroaches with a slipper! Smack! smack! smack! Three gone before you could wink!

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Surprisingly, however, children with the highest level of exposure to allergens from cockroaches, mice, and cats during their first year were least likely to have recurrent wheezing at age 3.

(Infant Exposure to Allergens May Help Prevent Wheezing, NIH)

The dust was tested for 5 common inner city allergens: cat, cockroach, dog, dust mite, and mouse.

(Infant Exposure to Allergens May Help Prevent Wheezing, NIH)

And as for riding down that black, atrocious miscreant, I regard it as an act of virtue, sir, like stamping on a cockroach.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Risk factors for developing asthma include recurrent wheezing in early childhood and sensitivity to some types of common allergens, such as cockroach and mouse.

(Infant Exposure to Allergens May Help Prevent Wheezing, NIH)