Definition of Giant cockroach
1. Noun. Large tropical American cockroaches.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Giant Cockroach
Literary usage of Giant cockroach
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the New York Entomological Society by New York Entomological Society (1906)
"A single specimen of this giant cockroach was sent to me by AV. E. Broadway who
collected it on the Island of Trinidad. ..."
2. Music of Nature, Or, An Attempt to Prove that what is Passionate and by William Gardiner (1849)
"In the West Indies the giant cockroach is a noted reveller when the family are
asleep. He makes a noise like a smart rapping of the knuckles on a table, ..."
3. American Negro Slavery: A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of by Ulrich Bonnell Phillips (1918)
"... Which may come in their way; giant cockroach and dwarf brown ants and other
pests in great variety swarm the dwellings continuously—except just after a ..."
4. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1889)
"Some other insects besides Anobium make tapping noises, notably the Giant
Cockroach (qv) or drummer. ..."
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