croton bug
11Croton Aqueduct — Old Croton Aqueduct U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. National Historic Landmark …
12water bug — noun 1. a true bug: large aquatic bug adapted to living in or on the surface of water • Hypernyms: ↑heteropterous insect • Hyponyms: ↑giant water bug, ↑water scorpion, ↑water boatman, ↑boat bug, ↑water strider, ↑ …
13Water bug — Wa ter bug (Zo[ o]l.) (a) The Croton bug. (b) Any one of numerous species of large, rapacious, aquatic, hemipterous insects belonging to {Belostoma}, {Benacus}, {Zaitha}, and other genera of the family {Belostomatid[ae]}. Their hind legs are long …
14water bug — (Roget s IV) n. Water bugs include: skipper, skater, water beetle, walking stick, water weevil, back swimmer, giant water bug, Croton bug, gerrid, water flea, water scorpion, water mantis, water scavenger, water treader, water boatman, water… …
15water bug — n. 1. any of various hemipteran insects that live in fresh waters, including the backswimmers and the water boatmen ☆ 2. loosely CROTON BUG …
16Ectobia Germanica — Croton bug Cro ton bug (b[u^]g ). [From the Croton water of New York.] (Zo[ o]l.) A small, active, winged species of cockroach ({Ectobia Germanica}), the water bug. It is common aboard ships, and in houses in cities, esp. in those with hot water… …
17German cockroach — Croton bug Cro ton bug (b[u^]g ). [From the Croton water of New York.] (Zo[ o]l.) A small, active, winged species of cockroach ({Ectobia Germanica}), the water bug. It is common aboard ships, and in houses in cities, esp. in those with hot water… …
18crotonbug — noun small light brown cockroach brought to United States from Europe; a common household pest • Syn: ↑German cockroach, ↑Croton bug, ↑water bug, ↑Blattella germanica • Hypernyms: ↑cockroach, ↑roach …
19Blattella — noun small cockroaches • Syn: ↑genus Blattella • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Blattidae, ↑family Blattidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ …
20crotonbug — /kroht n bug /, n. See German cockroach. Also, Croton bug. [1855 60, Amer.; allegedly after the Croton Reservoir in Westchester Co., N.Y.; its opening in 1842 was supposedly coincident with a rise in New York City s cockroach population; see… …
