blattoid

Definitions

Any member of the Blattoidea superfamily of cockroaches and termites.

Examples

“This result⟳, however, is much younger than some “roachoid” fossils and clearly invalidates the hypothesis suggesting that winged “blattoids” would date⟳ back to the Devonian.”

“However, a subgroup analysis (by order⟳) indicated that the DGC facilitated gaseous exchange⟳ in dipterans (0.43 ± 0.34; estimate⟳ ± 95% CI; p = 0.01), but not in blattoids (p = 0.89) or orthopterans (p = 0.57) (Figure⟳ 5a).”

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