Croton bug

Cro·ton bug

 (krōt′n)

n.

See German cockroach.

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[After the Croton River of southeast New York.]

Croton bug

or

crotonbug

n

(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 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