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    BLATTODEA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Cockroaches; in some classifications considered an orderplay

    Synonyms:

    Blattaria; Blattodea; suborder Blattaria; suborder Blattodea

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    animal order (the order of animals)

    Meronyms (members of "Blattodea"):

    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 ("Blattodea" 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)

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