Image:Cockroachcloseup.jpg|thumb|A cockroach.
English
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Etymology
Spanish cucaracha, woodlouse

Pronunciation
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Noun
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1. zoology A black or brown straight-winged insect of the order Blattodea, with about 3,500 species divided into six families. Only a few of these take up residence with human beings. Among these are (a), Periplaneta americana (American cockroach or palmetto bug; (b), Blattella germanica (German cockroach or Croton bug; and (c), Blattella asahinai, (Asian cockroach).
2. Disparaging term for individuals or groups of people regarded as dirty, or who breed like cockroaches.

Synonyms
cocky italbrac|Australia|colloquial
roach italbrac|US

Translations
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Alabama: iskanpatha
Armenian: Õ¸Ö�Õ¿Õ«Õ³ (utich)
Bosnian: t-|bs|žohar|m
Bulgarian: t+|bg|�леба�ка|f|trkhlebarka|scCyrl
Catalan: escarabat m
CJKV Characters: �; � italbrac|Cantonese
Chinese: �� (zh�ngláng)
Croatian: t+|hr|žohar|m
Czech: t-|cs|šváb|m
Danish: t+|da|kakerlak|c
Dutch: t-|nl|kakkerlak|m, t-|nl|sissende kakkerlak|m
Esperanto: t-|eo|blato|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t-|fi|torakka
French: blatte f, cafard m, cancrelat m, coquerelle f italbrac|Quebec
German: t+|de|Schabe|f, t-|de|Kakerlake|m
Greek: κα��α�ίδα (katsaríða) f, μα��ομαμο�να (mavromamúna) f, β�ομομαμο�να (vromomamúna) f, βλά��η (vláti) f, κανθα�ίδα (kantharíða) italbrac|rare f
Hungarian: t+|hu|csótány
Hebrew: �'�ק|�׳�ּק (juq) m
Ido: blato
Indonesian: t+|id|kecoak|xsIndonesian, t+|id|kacoa|xsIndonesian
Interlingua: blatta
Italian: t+|it|blatta|f, t+|it|scarafaggio|m
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Japanese: t+|ja|����|trgokiburi|scJpan
Korean: ���� (bakwibeolre)
Kurdish: KUchar|س�سرک, KUchar|س�سارک
Latin: t+|la|blatta|f
Lithuanian: tarakonas m
Malayalam: പാറ�റ (paatta)
Maltese: t-|mt|wirdiena|f|xsMaltese, t-|mt|kokro�|m|xsMaltese
Mongolian: жоом (joom)
Neapolitan: scarrafóne
Norwegian: t-|no|kakerlakk|m
Persian: FAchar|س�سک (susk)
Polish: t-|pl|karaluch|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|barata|f
Romanian: t-|ro|gândac|m
Russian: t-|ru|�а�акан|m|trtarakán|scCyrl
Slovene: t+|sl|š�urek|m
Spanish: t+|es|cucaracha|f
Swahili: mende (nc 9/10)
Swedish: t-|sv|kackerlacka|c
Thai: THchar|�มล�สา� (maelong sàap)
Turkish: t-|tr|hamam böce�i
Urdu: URchar|ج��گر g|Urdu
Vietnamese: t-|vi|con gián|xs=Vietnamese
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