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croton bug
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun croton bug has 1 sense
- croton bug(n = noun.animal) blattella germanica, crotonbug, german cockroach, water bug - small light-brown cockroach brought to United States from Europe; a common household pest; Array is a kind of cockroach, roach
is a member of blattella, genus blattella
CIDE DICTIONARY
croton bug, [From the Croton water of New York.].
A small, active, winged species of cockroach (Ectobia Germanica ), the water bug. It is common aboard ships, and in houses in cities, esp. in those with hot-water pipes; -- called also the German cockroach . [1913 Webster]
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