suborder Blattodea

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Noun

1.suborder Blattodea - cockroaches; in some classifications considered an orderBlattaria, Blattodea, suborder Blattariaanimal order - the order of animalsDictyoptera, order Dictyoptera - in some classifications replaced by the orders (here suborders) Blattodea (cockroaches) and Manteodea (mantids); in former classifications often subsumed under a much broader order Orthopteracockroach, roach - any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pestsBlattidae, family Blattidae - domestic cockroachesCryptocercidae, family Cryptocercidae - a family of Blattodea