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(Q1661828)

English

cockroach

paraphyletic group of winged insects of the order Blattodea

  • cockroaches
  • roach
  • roaches
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subclass of
Blattodea
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image
Blaberus giganteus MHNT dos.jpg
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Identifiers

GND ID
4165862-0
subject named as
Küchenschabe
alternative name
Blatta orientalis
Kakerlak
orientalische Schabe
Bäckerschabe
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MeSH descriptor ID
D003058
subject named as
Cockroaches
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Freebase ID
/m/07j41f
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French Vikidia ID
Blatte
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GEMET ID
1533
subject named as
cockroach
scope note
The most primitive of the living winged insects. It is thought they have been unchanged for more than 300 million years, and are among the oldest fossil insects. Cockroaches are usually found in tropical climates, but a few species, out of the total 3.500 known species, have become pests. They are common household pests in many countries, imported by ship and carried home in grocery bags. Cockroaches eat plant and animal products, including food, paper, clothing and soiled hospital waste, fouling everything they touch with their droppings and unpleasant odour, to which many people are allergic. They are a major health hazard and carry harmful bacteria, protozoan parasites and faunal pathogens, including those that cause typhoid, leprosy and salmonella. Conventional insecticides make little or no impact on the cockroaches population. (English)
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KBpedia ID
Cockroach
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stated in
KBpedia
retrieved
9 July 2020
NALT ID
17966
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17717
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WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
02235990-n
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stated in
GF WordNet
YSO ID
2960
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