black beetle
English
Alternative forms
Noun
black beetle (plural black beetles)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, beetle.
- The oriental cockroach, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. (a large roach from the family Blattidae).
- (New Zealand) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. (syn. Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.), a similar roach native to New Zealand; Maori bug.
- A common name for many species of beetle that are black in color, including:
- The African black beetle, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., a serious pest of grasses in New Zealand.
- The Asiatic rhinoceros beetle, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., a pest of palm trees in tropical Asia.
- The European species, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. (syn. Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.).
Synonyms
- (Blatta orientalis): oriental cockroach, Oriental cockroach, oriental roach, waterbug
- (Platyzosteria novae-zelandiae): kekerengu
Derived terms
- Darwin's black beetle - Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.
- African black beetle
Translations
the oriental cockroach
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See also
- oriental beetle, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. (syn. Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)