cockroach
Any black or brown straight-winged insect of the order Blattodea that is not a termite.
Other meanings
A hard lump of brown sugar.
Synonyms
- roach
Word history
From Spanish "cucaracha".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “cockroach” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.