blatta

English Thesaurus

1. type genus of the Blattidae: cockroaches infesting buildings worldwide (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	arthropod genus,
definition	:	a genus of arthropods (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	asiatic cockroach, blackbeetle, blatta orientalis, oriental cockroach, oriental roach,
definition	:	dark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmopolitan in distribution (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	blattidae, family blattidae,
definition	:	domestic cockroaches (noun.animal)