cockroach ( Blattaria )

Pronunciation key ( kok′rōch′)

cock•roach

n.

[Sp. cucharacha wood louse, confused with roach].

Insect which has slender legs and long sensory feelers. It has straight wings with a flat, yellow-brown or black color body. A common household pest, especially around kitchens and warm, damp locations.

Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animals
Phylum	Arthropoda – arthropods
Subphylum	Hexapoda – hexapods
Class	Insecta – insects, hexapoda
Subclass	Pterygota – winged insects
Infraclass	Neoptera – modern, wing-folding insects
Order	Dictyoptera
Suborder	Blattaria – barata, Blattodea, cockroaches
Direct Children:
Superfamily	Blaberoidea
Superfamily	Blattoidea

References

Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language (College Edition) ©1955

Blattaria Taxonomic Serial No.: 102427