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ORIENTAL COCKROACH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oriental cockroach mean? 

ORIENTAL COCKROACH (noun)
  The noun ORIENTAL COCKROACH has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ORIENTAL COCKROACH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ORIENTAL COCKROACH (noun)


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 ("oriental cockroach" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("oriental cockroach" is a member of...):

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


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