blackbeetle

[ blak-beet-l ]

noun

1. oriental cockroach.

Word History and Origins

Origin of blackbeetle¹

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 Literature

If a blackbeetle crawls across it it suffers a sort of paralysis.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

Shouting would frighten a burglar, or a rat, but would have no effect on a blackbeetle, or a ghost.

From Project Gutenberg

It is to the death, and has been going on for years, the combatants being the red cockroach and the blackbeetle.

From Project Gutenberg