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FAMILY BLATTIDAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Domestic cockroaches

Synonyms:

Blattidae; family Blattidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Blattidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "family 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 ("family Blattidae" is a member of...):

Blattaria; Blattodea; suborder Blattaria; suborder Blattodea (cockroaches; in some classifications considered an order)

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