Black–beetle
oriental cockroach.
Historical Examples
Second Plays A. A. Milne
The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 (of 2) Harry Furniss
Curious Facts in the History of Insects; Including Spiders and Scorpions. Frank Cowan
Amateur Gardencraft Eben E. Rexford
Toy-Making in School and Home Ruby Kathleen Polkinghorne and Mabel Irene Rutherford Polkinghorne
Strangers at Lisconnel Barlow Jane
The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 (of 2) Harry Furniss
Falling in Love Grant Allen
Ghosts I Have Seen Violet Tweedale
Lords of the Stratosphere Arthur J. Burks
noun
another name for the oriental cockroach See cockroach
(NZ) another name for Māori bug
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