cockroach
noun
cock·roach
ˈkäk-ˌrōch 
: any of an order or suborder (Blattodea synonym Blattaria) of chiefly nocturnal insects including some that are domestic pests compare German cockroach
Examples of cockroach in a Sentence
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Sacramento County health inspectors found more than 20 cockroaches at one local restaurant.
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Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 12 Apr. 2024
And a woman told a citizen scientist that cockroaches infested her pantry after totality.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
Some spiders and cockroaches, too, produce milk for their many-legged young.
—Popular Science, 7 Mar. 2024
After a group of eBay employees behaved like trashy John Waters characters — mailing people live spiders and cockroaches — the company is paying the price.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2024
EBay will pay $3 million to resolve criminal charges stemming from several of its former employees’ sending live spiders, cockroaches and a fetal pig to a Massachusetts couple who wrote a newsletter critical of the company in 2019, officials said Thursday.
—Antonio Planas, NBC News, 11 Jan. 2024
Scorpions feast on spiders, other scorpions, cockroaches and other small prey.
—Caralin Nunes, The Arizona Republic, 16 Mar. 2024
Cats’ sins against humanity have been well-documented, from Rebel Wilson unzipping her fur to cockroaches with human faces.
—Janey Tracey, EW.com, 14 Mar. 2024
The high toll of asthma in the South Bronx is linked to air pollution, diesel exhaust from truck traffic, cockroach particles, mold and other factors related to environmental and housing conditions.
—Joseph Goldstein, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2024
Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 12 Apr. 2024
And a woman told a citizen scientist that cockroaches infested her pantry after totality.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
Some spiders and cockroaches, too, produce milk for their many-legged young.
—Popular Science, 7 Mar. 2024
After a group of eBay employees behaved like trashy John Waters characters — mailing people live spiders and cockroaches — the company is paying the price.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2024
EBay will pay $3 million to resolve criminal charges stemming from several of its former employees’ sending live spiders, cockroaches and a fetal pig to a Massachusetts couple who wrote a newsletter critical of the company in 2019, officials said Thursday.
—Antonio Planas, NBC News, 11 Jan. 2024
Scorpions feast on spiders, other scorpions, cockroaches and other small prey.
—Caralin Nunes, The Arizona Republic, 16 Mar. 2024
Cats’ sins against humanity have been well-documented, from Rebel Wilson unzipping her fur to cockroaches with human faces.
—Janey Tracey, EW.com, 14 Mar. 2024
The high toll of asthma in the South Bronx is linked to air pollution, diesel exhaust from truck traffic, cockroach particles, mold and other factors related to environmental and housing conditions.
—Joseph Goldstein, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2024
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cockroach
noun
cock·roach
-ˌrōch
: any of an order of quick-moving insects that have long antennae and leathery forewings, are mainly nocturnal, and include pests of human dwellings
Medical Definition
cockroach
noun
cock·roach
ˈkäk-ˌrōch
: any of an order or suborder (Blattodea synonym Blattaria) of chiefly nocturnal insects including some that are domestic pests see blatta, blattella, periplaneta
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