roachnoun [ C ]
uk/rəʊtʃ/us/roʊtʃ/roach noun [ C ] (FISH)
plural roach a European fish that lives in fresh water
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Freshwater fish
- bream
- carp
- catfish
- eel
- elver
- fish
- fry
- goldfish
- lamprey
- minnow
- perch
- pike
- piranha
- salmon
- salmon trout
- stickleback
- trout
roach noun [ C ] (INSECT)
plural roaches US informal for cockroach
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Insect names
- anopheles
- ant
- aphid
- beastie
- bedbug
- creepy-crawly
- daddy longlegs
- deathwatch beetle
- dragonfly
- earwig
- housefly
- insect
- ladybird
- lice
- lightning bug
- red admiral
- silverfish
- stick insect
- termite
- tortoiseshell butterfly
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roach noun [ C ] (CIGARETTE)
plural roaches slang a piece of card or other material used to make the end part of a joint (= cannabis cigarette) or roll-up (= hand-made cigarette), that the smoke is breathed through
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Specific types of drug
- amyl nitrite
- antiretroviral
- blunt
- cisplatin
- coke
- corticosteroid
- designer drug
- downer
- hash
- junk
- marijuana
- methamphetamine
- mickey
- mind-altering
- narcotic
- pep pill
- popper
- skunkweed
- stimulant
- weed
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