black beetle

noun

1. See cockroach
   another name for the oriental cockroach See cockroach
2. See Māori bug
   another name for Māori bug

Example Sentences

Enter the baddest bug in the forest—a little black beetle with a whole lot of speed.

From The Daily Beast

Be on the lookout for black beetle on Aster and Chrysanthemum.

From Project Gutenberg

Seems to me a perishin black-beetle in a ole could not ave come through that shell fire if e ad as many lives as a cat.

From Project Gutenberg

She will be turned out to perish with no more compunction than if she were a black-beetle to be swept out of the way.

From Project Gutenberg

The familiar cockroach, or 'black beetle,' of our lower regions, is an Oriental importation of the last century.

From Project Gutenberg

Go, find that black beetle, and having found it, introduce it circumspectly by the back door.

From Project Gutenberg