| 单词 | crotonbug |
| 释义 | crotonbugor Cro·ton bug[ kroht-n-buhg ] / ˈkroʊt nˌbʌg / nounGerman cockroach. Origin of crotonbug1855–60, Americanism; allegedly after the Croton Reservoir in Westchester Co., N.Y.; its opening in 1842 was supposedly coincident with a rise in New York City's cockroach population; see bug1 Words nearby crotonbugcrotchet, crotchety, crotchwood, croton, crotonaldehyde, crotonbug, Crotone, crotonic acid, crotonism, croton oil, crotoxin Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for crotonbugCroton bug nounUS another name for the German cockroach Word Origin for Croton bugC19: named after the Croton river, whose water was piped to New York City in 1842 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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