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Definition: Blatta

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Type genus of the Blattidae: cockroaches infesting buildings worldwide.[Wordnet].

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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"Blatta" is a common misspelling or typo for: Blast, Blatant, Batter, Blotter, Plata, Bata, Blat, Blats, Blatted, Balata.

Date "Blatta" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1694. (references)

Specialty Definition: Blatta

Domain Definition
Antiquities Blatta. A name given by Roman writers to an insect belonging to the orthoptera, of which the ancients knew several kinds. From their shunning the light, Vergil calls them lucifugae. The American cockroach (blatta Americana) is our species. See Purpura. (references)

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Common Expressions: Blatta

Expressions Definition
Blatta orientalis Dark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmopolitan in distribution. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Genus Blatta Type genus of the Blattidae: cockroaches infesting buildings worldwide. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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Extended Definition: Blatta

Blatta

Blatta may refer to:

  • Blatta, genus of cockroach
  • Blatta or Blata in Ethiopian aristocratic and court titles

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Extended Definition: Blatta

Blatta

Blatta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea
Family: Blattidae
Species

B. orientalis

Latin for "cockroach". A genus of cockroach.


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