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Definition of Blattella

1. Noun. Small cockroaches.

Medical Definition of Blattella

1. A genus of cockroaches, (family Blattidae) that includes Blattella germanica, the German cockroach or croton bug, probably the most familiar and widespread of the cockroaches. Origin: L. Blatta, cockroach (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blattella

Literary usage of Blattella

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sanitary Entomology: The Entomology of Disease, Hygiene and Sanitation by William Dwight Pierce (1921)
"Blattella germanica (Linnaeus) Caudell. Size medium or large, rarely much less than one inch in length, usually more; pronotal disk not marked as above; ..."

2. Journal of the New York Entomological Society by New York Entomological Society (1904)
"These two species may prove to be the same. Blattella germanica Linnaeus. Blatta germanica Linn., Syst. Nat., ed. xii, ii, 688, 1766. ..."

3. Studies in Spermatogenesis by Nettie Maria Stevens (1905)
"Blattella germánica. Unlike the spermatogonia of ... those of Blattella have both a faintly-staining nucleolus and a deeply-staining chromatin element (x), ..."

4. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1905)
"This species has previously been recorded from Grenada, San Domingo, Mexico, Peru and the type locality. Blattella Caudell. ..."

5. Bryn Mawr College Monographs by Bryn Mawr College (1906)
"Blattella germanica. Unlike the spermatogonia of ... those of Blattella have both a faintly-staining nucleolus and a deeply-staining chromatin element (x), ..."

6. Sanitary Entomology: The Entomology of Disease, Hygiene and Sanitation by William Dwight Pierce (1921)
"Blattella germanica (Linnaeus) Caudell. Size medium or large, rarely much less than one inch in length, usually more; pronotal disk not marked as above; ..."

7. Journal of the New York Entomological Society by New York Entomological Society (1904)
"These two species may prove to be the same. Blattella germanica Linnaeus. Blatta germanica Linn., Syst. Nat., ed. xii, ii, 688, 1766. ..."

8. Studies in Spermatogenesis by Nettie Maria Stevens (1905)
"Blattella germánica. Unlike the spermatogonia of ... those of Blattella have both a faintly-staining nucleolus and a deeply-staining chromatin element (x), ..."

9. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1905)
"This species has previously been recorded from Grenada, San Domingo, Mexico, Peru and the type locality. Blattella Caudell. ..."

10. Bryn Mawr College Monographs by Bryn Mawr College (1906)
"Blattella germanica. Unlike the spermatogonia of ... those of Blattella have both a faintly-staining nucleolus and a deeply-staining chromatin element (x), ..."

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