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Croton bug
Cro·ton bug C0768000 (krōt′n)n. See German cockroach.
[After the Croton River of southeast New York.]Croton bug or crotonbugn (Animals) US another name for the German cockroach[C19: named after the Croton river, whose water was piped to New York City in 1842]Thesaurus| Noun | 1. Croton bug - small light-brown cockroach brought to United States from Europe; a common household pestBlattella germanica, crotonbug, German cockroach, water bugcockroach, roach - any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pestsBlattella, genus Blattella - small cockroaches |
Croton bug
Croton bug: see cockroachcockroach
or roach,
name applied to some 4,600 species of flat-bodied, oval insects in the order Blattodea. Cockroaches have long antennae, long legs adapted to running, and a flat extension of the upper body wall that conceals the head. They range from 1-4 in. to 3 in.
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Croton bug (krōt′n)n. See German cockroach.bug (bug) 1. A colloquial term for any small insect or arthropod, esp. of the order Hemiptera, that has sucking mouth parts, incomplete metamorphosis, and two pairs of wings, the fore pair being half membranous. See: bedbug; chigger2. A colloquial term for a disease-causing germ or microorganism.assassin bugAny member of the family Reduviidae. Many are predaceous; others are bloodsucking. Panstrongylus, Triatoma, and Rhodnius are vectors of Chagas disease. See: conenose; trypanosomiasiscone-nose bug, cone-nosed bugConenose.croton bugGerman cockroach.kissing bugConenose.red bugChigger.FinancialSeeBugCroton bug
Synonyms for Croton bugnoun small light-brown cockroach brought to United States from EuropeSynonyms- Blattella germanica
- crotonbug
- German cockroach
- water bug
Related Words- cockroach
- roach
- Blattella
- genus Blattella
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