oriental cockroach

American  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

The Oriental cockroach is in question, an insect familiar in almost every part of Europe.

From Project Gutenberg

White of Selborne noticed with delight in his own kitchen that rare insect, the Oriental cockroach, lately imported; and Mr. Brewer observed with joy in his garden at Reigate the blue Buxbaum speedwell, which is now the acknowledged and hated pest of the Surrey agriculturist.

From Project Gutenberg