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cockroach
English
Etymology
From Spanish cucaracha (“woodlouse”), from cuca (“butterfly caterpillars”), of onomatopoeic origin; see also Greek ?????? (kókkux) and Late Latin cucus. Influenced, via folk etymology, by cock and roach. Doublet of cucaracha.
Pronunciation
Noun
cockroach (plural cockroaches)
- A black or brown straight-winged insect of the order Blattodea.
- Synonym: (US) roach
- (slang, offensive) A person or a member of a group of people regarded as undesirable and rapidly procreating.
- (offensive, slang, ethnic slur, Rwanda) A Tutsi.
- (Australia, slang, derogatory, humorous) A person from New South Wales.
- (Australia, slang, obsolete) A hard lump of brown sugar.
Derived terms
- roach
Translations
Further reading
- cockroach on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
cockroach From the web:
- what cockroaches
- what cockroaches eat
- what cockroaches fly
- what cockroaches hate
- what cockroaches look like
- what cockroaches bite
- what cockroaches have wings
- what cockroaches are bad
millipede
English
Etymology
From Latin millipeda (“wood louse”), from mille (“thousand”) + pedis (“foot”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?m?l?pid/
Noun
millipede (plural millipedes)
- Any of many elongated arthropods, of the class Diplopoda, with cylindrical bodies that have two pairs of legs for each one of their 20 to 100 or more body segments.[From 1600]
- 1993, Rod Preston-Mafham, The Encyclopedia of Land Invertebrate Behaviour, page 14,
- With one or two exceptions, male millipedes make direct contact with the female and transfer sperm via a pair of modified front legs (gonopods) which have been charged with semen from the genitalia situated towards the rear of the body.
- 2005, Thomas Eisner, For Love of Insects, page 276,
- When alive, millipedes maintain tension in these[intersegmental] muscles and are therefore difficult to straighten out when coiled.
- 2006, Boris A. Byzov, 4: Intestinal Microbiota of Millipedes, Helmut König, Ajit Varma (editors), Intestinal Microorganisms of Termites and Other Invertebrates, page 89,
- Soil millipedes (Diplopoda) possess a specific gut microbiota that differs from microbial communities in soil and leaf litter.
- 1993, Rod Preston-Mafham, The Encyclopedia of Land Invertebrate Behaviour, page 14,
Usage notes
- The spelling "milliped" was formerly considered the only correct form by prescriptivists and is still preferred by many scientists who work with myriapods, but millipede is by far the most common spelling in actual use.
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See also
- centipede
- myriapod
millipede From the web:
- what millipedes eat
- what millipede has the most legs
- what millipedes are poisonous
- what millipedes can live together
- what millipedes look like
- what millipedes do
- what millipede mean
- what millipedes do to humans
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