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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An English name of the common cockroach of Great Britain, Blatta (Periplaneta) orientalis, a large black orthopterous insect, of the family Blattidæ. See cut under
Blattidæ .
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- noun Used other than as an idiom: see
black ,beetle . - noun The oriental cockroach, Blatta orientalis (a large
roach from the familyBlattidae ). - noun New Zealand Platyzosteria novae-zelandiae, a similar roach native to New Zealand.
- noun this sense?) A common name for many species of
beetle that are black in color. including:
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun dark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmopolitan in distribution
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