Cockroach

Noun

Definitions

1.NounAny black or brown straight-winged insect of the order Blattodea that is not a termite.

2.NounTerm of abuse.

"I want a divorce, you cockroach!"

3.NounA person or a member of a group of people regarded as undesirable and rapidly procreating.

"During the Rwandan genocide, Hutu genocidaires labelled Tutsis as cockroaches and called for their extermination."

4.NounA person from New South Wales.

5.NounA hard lump of brown sugar.

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