Cockroach vs Millipede - What's the difference?
cockroach | millipede |
A black or brown straight-winged insect of the order Blattodea .
(offensive, slang) An unhygienic person or a member of a group of people regarded as unhygienic or rapidly procreating.
Any of many elongated arthropods, of the class Diplopoda, with cylindrical bodies that have two pairs of legs for each one of their 20 to 100 or more body segments.
* 1993 , Rod Preston-Mafham, The Encyclopedia of Land Invertebrate Behaviour ,
* 2005 , Thomas Eisner, For Love of Insects ,
* 2006', Boris A. Byzov, ''4: Intestinal Microbiota of '''Millipedes'' , Helmut König, Ajit Varma (editors), ''Intestinal Microorganisms of Termites and Other Invertebrates ,
As nouns the difference between cockroach and millipede
is that cockroach is a black or brown straight-winged insect of the order Blattodea while millipede is any of many elongated arthropods, of the class Diplopoda, with cylindrical bodies that have two pairs of legs for each one of their 20 to 100 or more body segments.cockroach
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(wikipedia cockroach)Noun
(es)Synonyms
* (black or brown insect) roach (US)millipede
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(wikipedia millipede)Noun
(en noun)page 14,
- With one or two exceptions, male millipedes make direct contact with the female and transfer sperm via a pair of modified front legs (gonopods) which have been charged with semen from the genitalia situated towards the rear of the body.
page 276,
- When alive, millipedes maintain tension in these[intersegmental] muscles and are therefore difficult to straighten out when coiled.
page 89,
- Soil millipedes (Diplopoda) possess a specific gut microbiota that differs from microbial communities in soil and leaf litter.
