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Definition of Blattidae
1. Noun. Domestic cockroaches.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Blattaria, Blattodea, Suborder Blattaria, Suborder Blattodea
Member holonyms: Blatta, Genus Blatta, Genus Periplaneta, Periplaneta, Blattella, Genus Blattella, Blaberus, Genus Blaberus
Medical Definition of Blattidae
1. A family of insects (order Blattaria) consisting of over 4,000 species of cockroaches, largely tropical but worldwide in distribution, including a number of abundant pests of households, kitchens, and institutions or facilities, wherever food is present; noxious wherever found, yet not positively incriminated in natural transmission of pathogenic organisms to man. Common household pests include the German cockroach, Blattella germanica, the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana, and the oriental cockroach, Blatta orientalis. Origin: L. Blatta, cockroach (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blattidae
Literary usage of Blattidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Guide to the Genera and Classification of the North American Orthoptera by Samuel Hubbard Scudder (1897)
"blattidae. Only about half the subfamilies of blattidae occur in North America
... Subfamilies of blattidae. A1. All the femora, or at least the middle and ..."
2. Guide to the Genera and Classification of the North American Orthoptera by Samuel Hubbard Scudder (1897)
"blattidae. Only about half the subfamilies of blattidae occur in North America
... Subfamilies of blattidae. Al. All the femora, or at least the middle and ..."
3. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1921)
"The blattidae are nocturnal and many species missed in searching their retreats
during the day may be secured at night. Such was true in the case of ..."
4. Guide to the Genera and Classification of the North American Orthoptera by Samuel Hubbard Scudder (1897)
"blattidae. Only about half the subfamilies of blattidae occur in North America
... Subfamilies of blattidae. A1. All the femora, or at least the middle and ..."
5. Guide to the Genera and Classification of the North American Orthoptera by Samuel Hubbard Scudder (1897)
"blattidae. Only about half the subfamilies of blattidae occur in North America
... Subfamilies of blattidae. Al. All the femora, or at least the middle and ..."
6. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1921)
"The blattidae are nocturnal and many species missed in searching their retreats
during the day may be secured at night. Such was true in the case of ..."
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