oriental cockroach
noun
ori·en·tal cockroach
ˌōr-ē-ˈent-ᵊl-, ˌȯr-
: a dark or blackish brown medium-sized cockroach (Blatta orientalis) probably originating in Asia but now nearly cosmopolitan in warm and temperate areas especially about dwellings
called also oriental roach
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