Nearby words
crotchwood, croton, croton bug, croton oil, crotonaldehyde, crotonbug, crotone, crotonic acid, crotonism, crotoxin, crottin
Origin of crotonbug
1855–60, Americanism; allegedly after the Croton Reservoir in Westchester Co., N.Y.; its opening in 1842 was supposedly coincident with a rise in New York City's cockroach population; see bug1
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