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a dark-brown cockroach, Blatta orientalis, thought to have originated in the Orient but now nearly cosmopolitan in distribution. Also called oriental roach, blackbeetle.
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oriental roach — noun dark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmopolitan in distribution • Syn: ↑oriental cockroach, ↑Asiatic cockroach, ↑blackbeetle, ↑Blatta orientalis • Hypernyms: ↑cockroach, ↑roach … Useful english dictionary
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