COCKROACHES Synonyms
There are 8 hypernyms of the word cockroaches. (close relations)
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| roach | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • a roll of hair brushed back from the forehead • the butt of a marijuana cigarette • street names for flunitrazepam • any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests • European freshwater food fish having a greenish back verb • comb (hair) into a roach • cut the mane off (a horse) | ||||||
| vermin | nounn | |||||
noun • an irritating or obnoxious person • any of various small animals or insects that are pests; e.g. cockroaches or rats | ||||||
| beetles | nounn | |||||
noun • insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings • a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing adjective satellite • jutting or overhanging verb • be suspended over or hang over • fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle • beat with a beetle | ||||||
| bugs | nounn | |||||
noun • general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate • a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine • a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly • insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis • a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use verb • annoy persistently • tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information | ||||||
| insects | nounn | |||||
noun • small air-breathing arthropod • a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect | ||||||
| pests | nounn | |||||
noun • a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal • any epidemic disease with a high death rate • a persistently annoying person • any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc. | ||||||
| roaches | nounn | |||||
noun • a roll of hair brushed back from the forehead • the butt of a marijuana cigarette • street names for flunitrazepam • any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests • European freshwater food fish having a greenish back verb • comb (hair) into a roach • cut the mane off (a horse) | ||||||
