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hissing cockroaches

hissing cockroaches is the plural of hissing cockroach.

Meaning of hissing cockroach

Noun

hissing cockroach (plural hissing cockroaches)

  1. Any member of the tribe Gromphadorhini of large, flightless, wood-inhabiting cockroaches that can produce a hissing sound by forcing air through their abdominal spiracles.

Questions about hissing cockroaches

What is hissing cockroaches the plural of?
Hissing cockroaches is the plural of hissing cockroach.

Words near hissing cockroaches in the dictionary

  1. hissily
  2. hissiness
  3. hissing
  4. hissing adder
  5. hissing cockroach
  6. hissing cockroaches
  7. hissing hot
  8. hissingly
  9. hissings
  10. Hissong
  11. Hissongs

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