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roach

  • noun
  • /ɹəʊtʃ/

Certain members of the fish family Cyprinidae, including

Other meanings

  1. Any fish of species in the genus Rutilus, especially

  2. Any of genus Hesperoleucus of California roaches.

Example sentences

  • “The apartment complex is full of roaches.”

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Word history

From Old French "roche".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “roach” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.