Roach may refer to:
Animals
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Cockroach
Cockroaches (or roaches) are a Paraphyly, paraphyletic group of insects belonging to Blattodea, containing all members of the group except termites. About 30 cockroach species out of 4,600 are associated with human habitats. Some species are we ...
, various insect species of the order Blattodea
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Common roach (''Rutilus rutilus''), a fresh and brackish water fish of the family Cyprinidae
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Rutilus
''Rutilus'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae found in Eurasia. This genus is a widely distributed lineage of cyprinids and ranges from West Europe to East Siberia.
Species
In FishBase (2022), nine species are included in the genus:
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'' or roaches, a genus of fishes
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California roach
The California roach (''Hesperoleucus symmetricus'') is a cyprinid fish native to western North America and abundant in the intermittent streams throughout central California. Once considered the sole member of its genus, it has recently been s ...
(''Hesperoleucus symmetricus''), a cyprinid fish native to western North America
Places
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Roach, Missouri
Roach is an unincorporated community in southern Camden County, Missouri, United States. It is located north of U.S. Route 54 on Missouri Route AA, approximately five miles west of Camdenton
Camdenton is a city in and the county seat of Camden ...
, an unincorporated community
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Roach, Nevada, a ghost town
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Roach, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
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Roach River (Maine), a river in Piscataquis County
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Roach River (Virginia), a tributary of the North Fork Rivanna River
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River Roach
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...
, Essex, England
* Roach, former name of the
Rural Municipality of Leroy No. 339, Saskatchewan, Canada
People
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Roach (surname), a list of people who bear the last name Roach
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Roach (rapper) (born 1988), American rapper and hip-hop artist
* Roach, fictional character in the animated series ''
Supernoobs
''Supernoobs'' is a Canadian animated comedy television series produced by DHX Media (now known as WildBrain) for Cartoon Network and Teletoon. The series is about four kids who navigate through middle school and fight evil assassins at the same ...
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* Gary "Roach" Sanderson, a playable character in ''
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2''
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Roach Stewart (1881–1948), college football player and attorney
*Roach, a fictional character from the 1991 crime-action film,
Point Break
''Point Break'' is a 1991 American action crime film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by W. Peter Iliff. It stars Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves, Lori Petty and Gary Busey. The film's title refers to the surfing term " point break", wher ...
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Law Roach
Law Roach is an American fashion stylist best known for his work with Zendaya and for serving as a judge on '' Legendary''.
Career
Roach's styling debut was in a Deliciously Vintage boutique, when Kanye West walked into the store in 2009.
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Zerg
Blizzard Entertainment's real-time strategy game series ''StarCraft'' revolves around interstellar affairs in a distant sector of the galaxy, with three species and multiple factions all vying for supremacy in the sector. The playable species of ...
unit in StarCraft 2
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Roach (headdress), traditional Native American headdress usually of porcupine hair
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Roach (sail)
Sail components include the features that define a sail's shape and function, plus its constituent parts from which it is manufactured. A sail may be classified in a variety of ways, including by its orientation to the vessel (e.g. ''fore-and-a ...
, an arc of extra material on the leech of a sail
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Roach (smoking) A roach is the remains of a joint, blunt or roll up cigarette after most of it has been smoked. Most roaches are disposed of immediately after smoking a joint; however, some users will retain the roach for use at a later date. Some users maintain th ...
, the butt of a marijuana cigarette
* Roaching, a way of styling the
mane of a horse
* Roach back, a type of conformation of the
back of a horse
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Roach Stone, a type of Portland stone with many shell fragments within the stone
* ''
Roach v Electoral Commissioner'', a landmark 2007 High Court of Australia case
See also
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Roaches (disambiguation) Roaches may refer to:
* Carl Roaches (born 1953), a former American football player
* The Roaches, a gritstone escarpment in Staffordshire, England
* ''Rutilus'' or roaches, a genus of fishes
* Plural of "roach", another name for cockroach
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Roache, the surname of several actors
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Dace, several species of small fish
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Shiner (fish) Shiner is a common name used in North America for any of several kinds of small, usually silvery fish, in particular a number of cyprinids, but also e.g. the shiner perch (''Cymatogaster aggregata'').
Cyprinid shiners are:
* Eastern shiners, genus ...
, several species of small fish
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