cockroach
11cockroach — UK [ˈkɒkrəʊtʃ] / US [ˈkɑkˌroʊtʃ] noun [countable] Word forms cockroach : singular cockroach plural cockroaches an insect similar to a large beetle that lives in places where food is kept …
12cockroach — [17] Cockroach is a product of folk etymology, the process by which a ‘foreign’ – sounding is adapted by speakers of a language so as to seem more familiar. In this case the foreign word was Spanish cucaracha. This was evidently too much for 17th …
13cockroach — [[t]kɒ̱kroʊtʃ[/t]] cockroaches N COUNT A cockroach is a large brown insect that is sometimes found in warm places or where food is kept …
14cockroach — /ˈkɒkroʊtʃ / (say kokrohch) noun 1. any of various insects of the order Blattodea, usually nocturnal, and having a flattened body, especially the dark brown or black oriental cockroach, Blatta orientalis, a common household pest. 2. Colloquial a… …
15cockroach — The name of several beetle like insects, not normally used vocatively, but ‘you filthy cockroach’ is said to a youth by a Los Angeles policeman in Boulevard Nights, by Dewey Gram. The youth no doubt understood that it implied that he was a… …
16Cockroach racing — Cockroach racing, the racing of cockroaches, is a gambling activity started circa 1981 in Australia.[1][2][3][4] In 2004, Reuters estimated 7000 people would attend the 23rd annual Cockroach Races held in Brisbane.[1] …
17Cockroach Key — U.S. National Register of Historic Places …
18Cockroach (album) — Cockroach Studio album by Danger Danger Released 2001 …
19Cockroach Island — est un îlot inhabité des îles Vierges britanniques dans les Caraïbes. Il est situé non loin de North Sound, sur Virgin Gorda et fait partie du groupe d îles connues sous le nom de Dog Islands (Les îles du Chien en français) …
20Cockroach Island — is an uninhabited island of the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. It is located near North Sound, Virgin Gorda, amongst a collection of islands known as The Dogs or The Dog Islands …
