blattodean
US/ˌblæ.toʊˈdeɪ.ən/
blattodean noun: any insect in the order Blattodea, which includes cockroaches and, in more recent taxonomy, termites.
Noun
blattodean (plural blattodeans)
- Any insect in the order Blattodea, which includes cockroaches and, in more recent taxonomy, termites.
- At the Las Cruces Biological Station near the Panamanian border, I found nymphs of the giant blattodean Megaloblatta blaberoides, which, until recently was considered to be the largest member of this group of insects in the world (a larger species was found in SE Asia a few years ago.)2012 September 30, Piotr Naskrecki, “Celebrate blattodeans”, in The Smaller Majority
- The lacinula, a subapical lobelet on the lacinia, is present in almost all studied blattodeans but its potential homology to the dentisetae of Palaeoptera or the lamellae of apterygotes cannot be addressed at the moment.2016 December 2, Benjamin Wipfler, Kevin Weissing, Klaus Klass, Tom Weihmann, “The cephalic morphology of the American cockroach Periplaneta americana (Blattodea)”, in Arthropod Systematics &...
Forms of blattodean
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Origin of blattodean
From translingual Blattodea + -an.
Questions about blattodean
- What does blattodean mean?
- Blattodean means any insect in the order Blattodea, which includes cockroaches and, in more recent taxonomy, termites.
- What part of speech is blattodean?
- Blattodean is a noun.
- How do you pronounce blattodean?
- Blattodean is pronounced /ˌblæ.toʊˈdeɪ.ən/ (US).
- What is the plural of blattodean?
- The plural of blattodean is blattodeans.
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