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BLATTA

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Blattidae: cockroaches infesting buildings worldwide

Synonyms:

Blatta; genus Blatta

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Blatta" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Blatta"):

Asiatic cockroach; blackbeetle; Blatta orientalis; oriental cockroach; oriental roach (dark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmopolitan in distribution)

Holonyms ("Blatta" is a member of...):

Blattidae; family Blattidae (domestic cockroaches)

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