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Cockroaches
Medical Definition: | Insects of the order Dictyoptera comprising several families including Blaberidae, BLATTELLIDAE, Blattidae (containing the American cockroach PERIPLANETA americana), Cryptocercidae, and Polyphagidae. |
Guide Notes: | do not use /drug eff for insecticides: TN 111 |
Also Called: | Blaberidae,Blattaria,Blattidae,Blattodea,Cryptocercidae,Polyphagidae |
Previously Indexed: | Insects (1966-1971) |
Blattellidae - A family of insects, in the order Dictyoptera (COCKROACHES), including genera Blattella, Parcoblatta, and Symploce. | |
Periplaneta - A genus in the family Blattidae containing several species, the most common being P. americana, the American cockroach. |
Cockroaches Medical Definitions and Terms
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