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ASIATIC COCKROACH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Asiatic cockroach mean?
• ASIATIC COCKROACH (noun)
The noun ASIATIC COCKROACH has 1 sense:
1. dark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmopolitan in distribution
Familiarity information: ASIATIC COCKROACH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmopolitan in distribution
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Asiatic cockroach; blackbeetle; Blatta orientalis; oriental cockroach; oriental roach
Hypernyms ("Asiatic cockroach" is a kind of...):
cockroach; roach (any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests)
Holonyms ("Asiatic cockroach" is a member of...):
Blatta; genus Blatta (type genus of the Blattidae: cockroaches infesting buildings worldwide)
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