About The Word Roach
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Roach
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What's The Definition Of Roach?
[n] European freshwater food fish having a greenish back
[n] any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests [n] the butt of a marijuana cigarette Synonyms | Synonyms for Roach: cockroach | Rutilus rutilus Related Terms | Find terms related to Roach: See Also | American cockroach | Asiatic cockroach | Australian cockroach | blackbeetle | Blatta orientalis | Blattaria | Blattella germanica | Blattodea | butt | Croton bug | crotonbug | cyprinid | cyprinid fish | dictyopterous insect | genus Rutilus | German cockroach | giant cockroach | oriental cockroach | oriental roach | Periplaneta americana | Periplaneta australasiae | Rutilus | stub | suborder Blattaria | suborder Blattodea | water bug Roach In Webster's Dictionary \Roach\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A cockroach.
\Roach\, n. [OE. rroche; cf. AS. reohha, D. rog, roch, G. roche, LG. ruche, Dan. rokke ray, Sw. rocka, and E. ray a fish.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A European fresh-water fish of the Carp family ({Leuciscus rutilus}). It is silver-white, with a greenish back. (b) An American chub ({Semotilus bullaris}); the fallfish. (c) The redfin, or shiner. 2. (Naut.) A convex curve or arch cut in the edge of a sail to prevent chafing, or to secure a better fit. {As sound as a roach} [roach perhaps being a corruption of a F. roche a rock], perfectly sound. \Roach\, v. t. 1. To cause to arch. 2. To cut off, as a horse's mane, so that the part left shall stand upright. |
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