roach

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: roach

1	n	European freshwater food fish having a greenish back
2	n	any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests
3	n v	a roll of hair brushed back from the forehead comb (hair) into a roach
4	n	street names for flunitrazepan
5	n	the butt of a marijuana cigarette

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: roach

Type of:: cyprinid, cyprinid fish
soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; Asiatic cockroach, Blatta orientalis, blackbeetle, oriental cockroach, oriental roach
dark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmopolitan in distribution; American cockroach, Periplaneta americana
large reddish brown free-flying cockroach originally from southern United States but now widely distributed; Australian cockroach, Periplaneta australasiae
widely distributed in warm countries; Blattella germanica, Croton bug, German cockroach, crotonbug, water bug
small light-brown cockroach brought to United States from Europe; a common household pest; giant cockroach
large tropical American cockroaches

Type of:: coif, coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle
the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)

Type of:: Rohypnol, flunitrazepan
a depressant and tranquilizer (trade name Rohypnol) often used in the commission of sexual assault; legally available in Europe and Mexico and Colombia

Type of:: butt, stub
the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)

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