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Blattidae ThesaurusNoun | 1. | Blattidae - domestic cockroaches family Blattidaearthropod family - any of the arthropodsBlattaria, Blattodea, suborder Blattaria, suborder Blattodea - cockroaches; in some classifications considered an orderBlatta, genus Blatta - type genus of the Blattidae: cockroaches infesting buildings worldwidegenus Periplaneta, Periplaneta - cosmopolitan genus of large cockroachesBlattella, genus Blattella - small cockroachesBlaberus, genus Blaberus - giant cockroaches |
Blattidae
Blattidae[′blad·ə·dē] (invertebrate zoology) The cockroaches, a family of insects in the order Orthoptera. Blattidae
Blat·ti·dae (blat'i-dē), A family of insects (order Blattaria) consisting of over 4000 species of cockroaches, largely tropic but worldwide in distribution, including a number of abundant pests of households, kitchens, and institutions or facilities, wherever food is present; noxious wherever found, yet not positively incriminated in natural transmission of pathogenic organisms to man. Common household pests include the German cockroach, Blattella germanica, the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana, and the oriental cockroach, Blatta orientalis. [L. blatta, cockroach] Blattidae
Synonyms for Blattidaenoun domestic cockroachesSynonymsRelated Words- arthropod family
- Blattaria
- Blattodea
- suborder Blattaria
- suborder Blattodea
- Blatta
- genus Blatta
- genus Periplaneta
- Periplaneta
- Blattella
- genus Blattella
- Blaberus
- genus Blaberus
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