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SUBORDER BLATTARIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cockroaches; in some classifications considered an order
Synonyms:
Blattaria; Blattodea; suborder Blattaria; suborder Blattodea
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("suborder Blattaria" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "suborder Blattaria"):
cockroach; roach (any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests)
Blattidae; family Blattidae (domestic cockroaches)
Cryptocercidae; family Cryptocercidae (a family of Blattodea)
Holonyms ("suborder Blattaria" is a member of...):
Dictyoptera; order Dictyoptera (in some classifications replaced by the orders (here suborders) Blattodea (cockroaches) and Manteodea (mantids); in former classifications often subsumed under a much broader order Orthoptera)
