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Blattella

noun

small cockroaches

• Syn: ↑genus Blattella

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Blattidae, ↑family Blattidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑German cockroach, ↑Croton bug, ↑crotonbug, ↑water bug, ↑Blattella germanica

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\\bləˈtelə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin blatta + New Latin -ella

: a genus of cockroaches including the abundant small domestic croton bug

Useful english dictionary. 2012.