oriental cockroach

Definitions of oriental cockroach
  1. noun
    dark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmopolitan in distribution
    synonyms: Asiatic cockroach, Blatta orientalis, blackbeetle, oriental roach
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    type of:
    cockroach, roach
    any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests
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