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Blatta is a genus of cockroaches.
Species include:
- B. orientalis Linnaeus, 1758: Oriental cockroach
- B. lateralis (F. Walker, 1868): Turkestan cockroach or red runner
- B. furcata (Karny 1908)
The name blatta represents a specialised use of Latin blatta, meaning a light-shunning insect.
Usage examples of "blatta".
Negoro in the act of crushing a blatta, an American species of cockroach.
The programmer never considered the possibility that the relay might fail to close nor was he well informed about the salient electrical characteristics of decaying Blatta Orientalis.
As he spoke, he opened a small cupboard, and as he did so out bolted an uninvited tenant of the same, long in person, sable in hue, and swift of movement, on seeing which the Scarabee simply said, without emotion, blatta, but I, forgetting what was due to good manners, exclaimed cockroach!
As he spoke, he opened a small cupboard, and as he did so out bolted an uninvited tenant of the same, long in person, sable in hue, and swift of movement, on seeing which the Scarabee simply said, without emotion, blatta, but I, forgetting what was due to good manners, exclaimed cockroach!