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blattoids

blattoids is the plural of blattoid.

Meaning of blattoid

Noun

blattoid (plural blattoids)

  1. Any member of the Blattoidea superfamily of cockroaches and termites.
    • This result, however, is much younger than some “roachoid” fossils and clearly invalidates the hypothesis suggesting that winged “blattoids” would date back to the Devonian.2015 June 22, Frédéric Legendre, André Nel, Gavin J. Svenson, Tony Robillard, Roseli Pellens, Philippe Grandcolas, “Phylogeny of Dictyoptera: Dating the Origin of Cockroaches, Praying Mantises and...

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Questions about blattoids

What is blattoids the plural of?
Blattoids is the plural of blattoid.

Words near blattoids in the dictionary

  1. Blattnerphones
  2. Blattners
  3. blattodean
  4. blattodeans
  5. blattoid
  6. blattoids
  7. blatts
  8. Blatz
  9. Blatzes
  10. Blau
  11. Blau gas

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