Roach or The Roach may refer to:

Animals

Cockroach Cockroaches (or roaches) are a 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 well-known as ...

, various insect species of the order Blattodea * Common roach (''Rutilus rutilus''), a fresh and brackish water fish of the family Cyprinidae ** ''

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: * ...

'' or roaches, a genus of fishes *

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 sp ...

(''Hesperoleucus symmetricus''), a cyprinid fish native to western North America

Places

* Roach, Missouri, an unincorporated community *

Roach, Nevada Roach is a ghost town and railroad siding in Clark County, Nevada, United States. It is located along the Union Pacific Railroad, between Jean, Nevada and Nipton, California. History Roach was settled between 1902 and 1905. In 1904, a tractor ...

, a ghost town * Roach, West Virginia, an unincorporated community *

Roach River (Maine) The Roach River is a river in Piscataquis County, Maine. From the outlet of Third Roach Pond () in Shawtown (Maine Township A, Range 12, WELS), the river runs west, through a chain of ponds.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrograph ...

, a river in Piscataquis County *

Roach River (Virginia) The Roach River is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 tributary of the North Fork Rivanna River in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is part of the James River ...

, a tributary of the North Fork Rivanna River *

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

Roach (surname) Roach is an English and Irish surname of Norman origin, derived from the Old French ''roche'' (rock), and may refer to: Politics and government *George Roach ( fl. 1870s), Canadian politician *John C. Roach, American jurist on the Kentucky Supreme ...

, a list of people who bear the last name Roach *

Roach (rapper) Roach Gigz or Roach, is an American rapper and hyphy hip hop artist from the San Francisco Bay Area. Gigz released his first independent album in 2012, entitled ''Bugged Out''. He runs his own label, Goomba Records. Career Early career While ...

(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 ...

'' * Gary "Roach" Sanderson, a playable character in '' Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2'' * 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", where ...

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. Fo ...

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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 *

Roach (headdress) Porcupine hair roaches are a traditional male headdress of a number of Native American tribes in what is now New England, the Great Lakes and Missouri River regions, including the Potawatomi who lived where Chicago now stands. They were and sti ...

, traditional Native American headdress usually of porcupine hair *

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 *

Roach (smoking) A roach is the remains of a Joint (cannabis), joint, Blunt (marijuana cigar), 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 ...

, 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 *

Roach Stone Portland stone is a limestone from the Tithonian stage of the Jurassic period quarried on the Isle of Portland, Dorset. The quarries are cut in beds of white-grey limestone separated by chert beds. It has been used extensively as a building sto ...

, a type of Portland stone with many shell fragments within the stone * ''

Roach v Electoral Commissioner ''Roach v Electoral Commissioner''Judgement summary
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'', a landmark 2007 High Court of Australia case * "

The Roach (The Chronic Outro) ''The Chronic'' is the debut studio album by the American hip hop producer and rapper Dr. Dre. It was released on December 15, 1992, by his record label Death Row Records and distributed by Interscope Records. Recording sessions took place in ...

", track on Dr Dre's 1992 album ''The Chronic'' * "The Roach" or "

The Giant Cockroach The Giant Cockroach or The Roach as translated by Miriam Morton, 1958) or Cock-The-Roach (as translated by Tom Botting, 1981), also popularly known by its Russian name Tarakanishche (), is a popular Russian children's fairy tale poem written by ...

", 1923 Russian children's poem by Korney Chukovsky

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