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noun
A large, mostly flightless species of cockroach (Blatta orientalis), found in association with humans worldwide.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
dark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmopolitan in distribution
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: oriental roach, Asiatic cockroach, blackbeetle, Blatta orientalis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cockroach, roach
History
From the taxonomic name.
