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Blattodea
Blattodea
Translingual
Proper noun
Blattodea
- A taxonomic order within the superorder Polyneoptera – the cockroaches.
Hypernyms
- (order): Insecta - class; Dicondylia - clade; Pterygota - subclass; Metapterygota - clade; Neoptera - infraclass; Polyneoptera - superorder; Dictyoptera - cohort
Hyponyms
- (order): Blaberoidea, Blattoidea, Corydioidea - superfamilies
- Blaberidae, Blattidae, Corydiidae, Cryptocercidae, Ectobiidae, Lamproblattidae, Nocticolidae, Tryonicidae - families
- †Blattulidae, †Caloblattinidae, †Fuziidae, †Liberiblattinidae, †Mutoviidae, †Mylacridae, †Phyloblattidae, †Raphidiomimidae, †Umenocoleidae - extinct families
- Blaberidae, Blattidae, Corydiidae, Cryptocercidae, Ectobiidae, Lamproblattidae, Nocticolidae, Tryonicidae - families