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Definition of Roaches
1. roach [v] - See also: roach
Lexicographical Neighbors of Roaches
Literary usage of Roaches
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Preventive Medicine and Hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau, George Chandler Whipple, John William Trask, Thomas William Salmon (1921)
"roaches Koaches are among the commonest and most offensive of the insects »hich
... 'It is now the commonest Bid best known of the domestic roaches. ..."
2. Preventive medicine and hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau (1917)
"roaches roaches are among the commonest and most offensive of the insects which
frequent ... It is now the commonest and best known of the domestic roaches. ..."
3. Preventive Medicine and Hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau, George Chandler Whipple, John William Trask, Thomas William Salmon (1916)
"It is now the commonest and best known of the domestic roaches. ... It ia the
smallest of the domestic roaches, but multiplies more rapidly than any of them ..."
4. Prevention of Disease and Care of the Sick: How to Keep Well and what to Do by William Gordon Stimpson, Milton Hugh Foster (1919)
"roaches. roaches are believed to be responsible for the conveyance of ...
roaches can be quickly, cheaply, and completely exterminated from ships and houses ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1901)
"During the early part of last year the roaches became so numerous as to be a
detriment to the work of the laboratory and it was necessary to adopt some ..."
6. Applied Entomology; an Introductory Text-book of Insects in Their Relations by Henry Torsey Fernald (1921)
"The group is frequently divided into eight or ten families, but for the purposes
of this book, six will be considered. These are: r Blattidae, roaches. ..."
7. Glossary of Navigation: A Vade Mecum for Practical Navigators by John Bradley Harbord, H. B. Goodwin (1897)
"... till the last division upon the vernier roaches the last division upon the
limb ; if the last division of the vernier does not in each case exactly ..."
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