blackbeetle

American  

[blak-beet-l] / ˈblækˌbit l /

noun

1. oriental cockroach.

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Etymology

Origin of blackbeetle

black + beetle ¹

Example Sentences

She popped another blackbeetle into her mouth and then another, like someone with a bag of chocolate-covered raisins.

From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman

He haunted the kitchen with the persistency of a blackbeetle, and became such a nuisance at last that Miss Hartley espoused his cause almost with enthusiasm.

From Salthaven by Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark)

A blackbeetle ran quickly across the gaudy oilcloth, and Michael sitting in this scrofulous kitchen had a presentiment that Daisy was right.

From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by MacKenzie, Compton

Even blackbeetles, as she often told herself, were God's creatures, and Mr Ogilvie, although he had deserted her, no doubt had finer sensibilities than a blackbeetle.

From Austin and His Friends by Balfour, Frederic H.

On the whole, I'd rather meet a ghost, than a rat, or a blackbeetle, or a burglar.

From Happy-Thought Hall by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir