BLATTA ORIENTALIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Blatta orientalis mean? 

• BLATTA ORIENTALIS (noun)
  The noun BLATTA ORIENTALIS has 1 sense:

1. dark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmopolitan in distribution

  Familiarity information: BLATTA ORIENTALIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLATTA ORIENTALIS (noun)

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Meaning:

Dark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmopolitan in distribution

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Asiatic cockroach; blackbeetle; Blatta orientalis; oriental cockroach; oriental roach

Hypernyms ("Blatta orientalis" is a kind of...):

cockroach; roach (any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests)

Holonyms ("Blatta orientalis" is a member of...):

Blatta; genus Blatta (type genus of the Blattidae: cockroaches infesting buildings worldwide)