(invertebrate zoology) The cockroaches, a family of insects in the order Orthoptera.
Blattidae
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domestic cockroaches
Synonym: family Blattidae
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 American cockroach
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The Blattidae is a family of the order Blattaria (cockroaches). It contains many large common household cockroaches.
- American cockroach
- Florida woods cockroach
- Oriental cockroach
- Smokybrown cockroach
- Australian cockroach
- Brown cockroach
- Common shining cockroach
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