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roach

9 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) roach (noun)
  2. 2) roach (noun)
  3. 3) roach (verb)
  4. 4) roach (noun)
  5. roach back (noun)
  6. roach clip (noun)
  7. German roach (noun)
  8. Madeira roach (noun)
  9. brown-banded cockroach (noun)

1roach

noun \ˈrōch\
plural roach also roach·es

Definition of ROACH

1
: a silver-green European freshwater cyprinid fish (Rutilus rutilus); also : any of various related fishes (as some shiners)
2
: any of several American freshwater sunfishes (family Centrarchidae)

Origin of ROACH

Middle English roche, from Anglo-French roche, rosse
First Known Use: 13th century

Rhymes with ROACH

broach, coach, loach, poach

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