CROTONBUG

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

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

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Nouns denoting animals

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

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

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

Blattella; genus Blattella (small cockroaches)

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