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BLATTIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Blattidae mean?
• BLATTIDAE (noun)
The noun BLATTIDAE has 1 sense:
1. domestic cockroaches
Familiarity information: BLATTIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Domestic cockroaches
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Blattidae; family Blattidae
Hypernyms ("Blattidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Blattidae"):
Blatta; genus Blatta (type genus of the Blattidae: cockroaches infesting buildings worldwide)
genus Periplaneta; Periplaneta (cosmopolitan genus of large cockroaches)
Blattella; genus Blattella (small cockroaches)
Blaberus; genus Blaberus (giant cockroaches)
Holonyms ("Blattidae" is a member of...):
Blattaria; Blattodea; suborder Blattaria; suborder Blattodea (cockroaches; in some classifications considered an order)
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