black beetle

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black beetle

noun black beetles · blackbeetle · black-beetle

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, beetle.
A black scarab beetle, later specifically the African black beetle (Heteronychus arator), a serious pest of grasses in New Zealand.
UK The oriental cockroach (Blatta orientalis), a large roach from the family Blattidae. ‘I'm not afwaid of anything except black-beetles,’ said the Pussum […].
Similar: oriental cockroach, Oriental cockroach, oriental roach, waterbug
New Zealand A similar roach native to New Zealand, of species Maoriblatta novaeseelandiae (syn. Platyzosteria novaeseelandia); the Māori bug.
Similar: Māori bug
An Asiatic rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros), a pest of palm trees in tropical Asia.
A member of the European species Pterostichus nigrita (syn. Feronia nigrita).

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noun oriental cockroach

日本語	ゴキブリ gokiburi
Deutsch	Küchenschabe
Română	libarcă
Русский	чёрный тарака́н čórnyj tarakán

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@misc{black_beetle_2026,
  title = {black beetle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/black%20beetle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}