Cryptocercus

Translingual

Etymology

From crypto- (“hidden; secret”, from Ancient Greek κρῠπτός (krŭptós)) +‎ Ancient Greek κέρκος (kérkos, “tail; cercus”).

Proper noun

Cryptocercus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cryptocercidae – the wood roaches or brown-hooded cockroaches, the extant roaches most closely related to termites, which are now thought to be specialized roaches.

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