oriental cockroach

noun

a dark-brown cockroach, Blatta orientalis, thought to have originated in Asia but now nearly cosmopolitan in distribution.

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Nearby words

oriental alabaster, oriental almandine, oriental beetle, oriental carpet, oriental cat's-eye, oriental cockroach, oriental emerald, oriental fruit moth, oriental poppy, oriental rug, oriental scops owl

Also called oriental roach, blackbeetle.

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