cockroach

Meaning

Noun

• A black or brown straight-winged insect of the order Blattodea.
• A person or a member of a group of people regarded as undesirable and rapidly procreating.
• A Tutsi.
• A person from New South Wales.
• A hard lump of brown sugar.

Origin

• From Spanish cucaracha, from cuca, of onomatopoeic origin; see also Greek κόκκυξ and Late Latin cucus. Influenced, via folk etymology, by cock and roach. cucaracha.