noun
type genus of the Blattidae: cockroaches infesting buildings worldwide
• Syn: ↑Blatta
• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Blattidae, ↑family Blattidae
• Member Meronyms: ↑oriental cockroach, ↑oriental roach, ↑Asiatic cockroach, ↑blackbeetle, ↑Blatta orientalis
Useful english dictionary. 2012.