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    CROTON BUG

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Small light-brown cockroach brought to United States from Europe; a common household pestplay

    Synonyms:

    Blattella germanica; Croton bug; crotonbug; German cockroach; water bug

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("Croton bug" is a kind of...):

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

    Holonyms ("Croton bug" is a member of...):

    Blattella; genus Blattella (small cockroaches)

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