german cockroach

What does german cockroach mean?

german cockroach means "small light-brown cockroach brought to United States from Europe; a common household pest".

What is another word for german cockroach?

Close synonyms include Croton bug, crotonbug, water bug, Blattella germanica. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is german cockroach a common word?

german cockroach is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for german cockroach come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.