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CROTONBUG
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small light-brown cockroach brought to United States from Europe; a common household pest
Synonyms:
Blattella germanica; Croton bug; crotonbug; German cockroach; water bug
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("crotonbug" is a kind of...):
cockroach; roach (any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests)
Holonyms ("crotonbug" is a member of...):
Blattella; genus Blattella (small cockroaches)