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Meaning of roach

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  roach
      n 1: a roll of hair brushed back from the forehead
      2: the butt of a marijuana cigarette
      3: street names for flunitrazepan [syn: {R-2}, {Mexican valium},
         {rophy}, {rope}, {roofy}, {roach}, {forget me drug},
         {circle}]
      4: any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic
         pests [syn: {cockroach}, {roach}]
      5: European freshwater food fish having a greenish back [syn:
         {roach}, {Rutilus rutilus}]
      v 1: comb (hair) into a roach
      2: cut the mane off (a horse)

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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