Definition of Cryptocercus

1. Noun. Cockroaches.

Exact synonyms: Genus Cryptocercus
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Cryptocercidae, Family Cryptocercidae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cryptocercus

Cruveilhier-Baumgarten disease
Cruveilhier-Baumgarten murmur
Cruveilhier-Baumgarten sign
Cruveilhier-Baumgarten syndrome
Crux
Crux Australis
Cruyff turn
Cruz trypanosomiasis
Cryogenian
Cryptacanthodes
Cryptacanthodes maculatus
Cryptobranchidae
Cryptobranchus
Cryptobranchus alleganiensis
Cryptocercidae
Cryptocercus
Cryptococcus
Cryptocystis trichodectis
Cryptogamia
Cryptogramma
Cryptogramma acrostichoides
Cryptogramma crispa
Cryptogrammataceae
Cryptomeria
Cryptomeria japonica
Cryptophyceae
Cryptophyta
Cryptoprocta
Cryptoprocta ferox
Cryptostroma corticale

Literary usage of Cryptocercus

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

1. Whole Life Cycle of Chromosomes and Their Coiling Systems: Transactions, APS by L. R. Cleveland (2008)
"In the protozoa of termites, as in those of cryptocercus, most cell division is ... In cryptocercus, however, the protozoa produce either gametes, ..."

2. Guide to the Study of Insects, and a Treatise on Those Injurious and by Alpheus Spring Packard (1870)
"In cryptocercus both sexes are wingless ; the antennae are half as long as the whole ... It differs from cryptocercus in having a larger head ; the eyes are ..."

3. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington by Entomological Society of Washington (1914)
"... THE VICINITY OF WASHINGTON, DC BY AN CAUDELL, Bureau of Entomology. To our local fauna three species of Orthoptera are to be added. One, cryptocercus ..."

4. Researches on North American Acridiidae by Albert Pitts Morse (1904)
"... many Blattidae, and Gryllidae), or burrows, either of other species or of their own make (cryptocercus, ..."

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