Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of the family Blattidæ: formerly coextensive with the family, but now greatly restricted.
- noun A member of this genus.
- noun A purple silk interwoven with gold, used in the early middle ages. Rock, Textile Fabrics.
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- noun type genus of the Blattidae: cockroaches infesting buildings worldwide
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Examples
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For the record, that blatta-blatta sound is the way a Vietnam vet once described for me the sound of an AK-47.
NaNoWriMo No More 2008
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For the record, that blatta-blatta sound is the way a Vietnam vet once described for me the sound of an AK-47.
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"Ecce auditur strepitus in domo, potest esse mus, felis, ericius, aut quod tigna subsidant blatta." -- p. 624.
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When a cruiser was particularly afflicted by the _blatta_, a couple of these insects would effectually clear chests and drawers in a few days.
To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Richard Francis Burton 1855
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Lipas, the cockroach (blatta); chingkarek, the cricket (gryllus);
The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795
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According to Mr Anderson's observations, they were of two sorts, the _blatta orientalis_ and _germanica_.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 Robert Kerr 1784
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Although that is not a cognate of English beetle (< OE bitula, ` a biter '), blatta could conceivably be a relative of Old English budda -- not any friend, however, of Gautama -- as scearn-budda is only a dung-beetle.
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If we substitute b for p in pulaka we get the Latin word for cockroach, blatta.
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Amore cecidi tauquam blatta in pelmm. vbi malim Amorem incidi. interetufa animd\ Idem accidere interdum iis, qui aquas puteis qnaerunt, monet Palladius; et qui latrinas purgant,
Scriptorvm rei rvsticae vetervm latinorvm tomvs primvs-[qvartvs].. 1794
hernesheir commented on the word blatta
CD&C names blatta as a type of woven fabric/textile.
November 2, 2011