noun Download 🔗Share A black or brown straight-winged insect of the order Blattodea. Examples : "I saw a cockroach scurry under the refrigerator in the kitchen. " insect animal biology nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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noun Download 🔗Share (Rwanda) A Tutsi. Examples : "During the Rwandan genocide, some Hutu extremists referred to their Tutsi neighbors as "cockroaches," dehumanizing them and justifying the violence. " politics race inhuman group society nation history Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading