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‖ kakkerlak|ˈkakərlak|
Also 8 kackerlake, 9 kakerlak, kakkerlac.
[Du. kakkerlak, G. kakerlak cockroach, albino, believed to be of S. American origin. F. has kakerla(t, cancrelat in sense 1, kakerlaque, chacrelas in sense 2 (Littré).
The avoidance of light is supposed to be the connecting link between the senses.]
1. = cockroach, q.v.
1813[see cockroach]. 1883Cassell's Nat. Hist. VI. 132 This family [the Blattidæ] includes the numerous species of Cockroaches, or Kakerlaks.
2. An albino (the Dutch name in Java).
1777Robertson Hist. Amer. (1796) II. iv. 69 The Kackerlakes are a degenerate breed, not a separate class of men. 1888in Syd. Soc. Lex.
Hence ˈkakkerlakism [F. kakerlaquisme], a synonym for albinism as existing in Java. (Syd. Soc. Lex.) |