noun
cockroaches; in some classifications considered an order
• Syn: ↑suborder Blattodea, ↑Blattaria, ↑suborder Blattaria
• Hypernyms: ↑animal order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Dictyoptera, ↑order Dictyoptera
• Member Meronyms: ↑cockroach, ↑roach, ↑Blattidae, ↑family Blattidae, ↑Cryptocercidae, ↑family Cryptocercidae
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\\bləˈtōdēə\synonym of blattaria
Useful english dictionary. 2012.