Croton bug

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Cro·ton bug (kr

See German cockroach.

[After the Croton River of southeast New York.]

Croton bug

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) US another name for the German cockroach

[named after the Croton river, whose water was piped to New York City in 1842]

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Croton bug - small light-brown cockroach brought to United States from Europe; a common household pest

Blattella germanica, crotonbug, German cockroach, water bug

cockroach, roach - any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests

Blattella, genus Blattella - small cockroaches

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