roach
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- noun
- /rəʊtʃ/
- UK
:
rutilo
- I just can't help but wonder if there's any connection between the roach I found in the fish and the ones I found in the humans.
Examples
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Listen, we had an incident involving a scar fish and I found a roach inside its digestive track.
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Angelo is walking up to the falling-down porch of this low-rent roach hotel.
Fiction book (1991) -
That is the most incredible little roach.
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But I don't go over there yet because Mr. Hung set off some roach bombs when he left; I saw a whole box of them.
Fiction book (1997) -
These fish are more steelheads, a pure predator, and the Roach, large Roach are mostly predaceous.
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At that point, Queequeg turned into an owl and mounted the office window, which is open in all of these half-dreams, and flew out, eyeing me over the edge of his feather until he was a speck no bigger than a roach.
Fiction book (1991) -
The fisherman showed everyone the roach he caught in the lake.
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I saw a small roach swimming among the reeds in the river.
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While fishing, we were excited to catch several roach in just an hour.
Synonyms
A small European freshwater fish with a greenish back and silvery sides that lives in rivers and lakes
Compounds
- NSFW
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9.9
A small metal tool that holds the end of a marijuana cigarette so you do not burn your fingers
- NSFW
A small metal tool like tweezers that holds the end of a joint so you do not burn your fingers
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word roach for the small freshwater fish was given long ago because people noticed its silver body with a touch of red on the fins, so you can remember it as the little silver fish with a reddish flash.