Definition of Blattella

1. Noun. Small cockroaches.

Exact synonyms: Genus Blattella
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Blattidae, Family Blattidae
Member holonyms: Blattella Germanica, Croton Bug, Crotonbug, German Cockroach, Water Bug

Medical Definition of Blattella

1. A genus of cockroaches, (family Blattidae) that includes Blattella germanica, the German cockroach or croton bug, probably the most familiar and widespread of the cockroaches. Origin: L. Blatta, cockroach (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blattella

Blarina
Blarina brevicauda
Blarney Stone
Blase
Blasius
Blasius' duct
Blastocladia
Blastocladiales
Blastoconidium
Blastodiaceae
Blastomyces dermatitidis
Blatin's syndrome
Blatta
Blatta orientalis
Blattaria
Blattella (current term)
Blattella germanica
Blattidae
Blattodea
Blavatskian
Blavatskyan
Blaí Briugu
Blechnaceae
Blechnum
Blechnum spicant
Blender
Blenheim
Blenheim spaniel
Blenniidae
Blennioidea

Literary usage of Blattella

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sanitary Entomology: The Entomology of Disease, Hygiene and Sanitation by William Dwight Pierce (1921)
"Blattella germanica (Linnaeus) Caudell. Size medium or large, rarely much less than one inch in length, usually more; pronotal disk not marked as above; ..."

2. Journal of the New York Entomological Society by New York Entomological Society (1904)
"These two species may prove to be the same. Blattella germanica Linnaeus. Blatta germanica Linn., Syst. Nat., ed. xii, ii, 688, 1766. ..."

3. Studies in Spermatogenesis by Nettie Maria Stevens (1905)
"Blattella germánica. Unlike the spermatogonia of ... those of Blattella have both a faintly-staining nucleolus and a deeply-staining chromatin element (x), ..."

4. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1905)
"This species has previously been recorded from Grenada, San Domingo, Mexico, Peru and the type locality. Blattella Caudell. ..."

5. Bryn Mawr College Monographs by Bryn Mawr College (1906)
"Blattella germanica. Unlike the spermatogonia of ... those of Blattella have both a faintly-staining nucleolus and a deeply-staining chromatin element (x), ..."

6. Sanitary Entomology: The Entomology of Disease, Hygiene and Sanitation by William Dwight Pierce (1921)
"Blattella germanica (Linnaeus) Caudell. Size medium or large, rarely much less than one inch in length, usually more; pronotal disk not marked as above; ..."

7. Journal of the New York Entomological Society by New York Entomological Society (1904)
"These two species may prove to be the same. Blattella germanica Linnaeus. Blatta germanica Linn., Syst. Nat., ed. xii, ii, 688, 1766. ..."

8. Studies in Spermatogenesis by Nettie Maria Stevens (1905)
"Blattella germánica. Unlike the spermatogonia of ... those of Blattella have both a faintly-staining nucleolus and a deeply-staining chromatin element (x), ..."

9. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1905)
"This species has previously been recorded from Grenada, San Domingo, Mexico, Peru and the type locality. Blattella Caudell. ..."

10. Bryn Mawr College Monographs by Bryn Mawr College (1906)
"Blattella germanica. Unlike the spermatogonia of ... those of Blattella have both a faintly-staining nucleolus and a deeply-staining chromatin element (x), ..."

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