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    BLACKBEETLE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Dark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmopolitan in distributionplay

    Synonyms:

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

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    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("blackbeetle" is a kind of...):

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

    Holonyms ("blackbeetle" is a member of...):

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

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