| 单词 | german cockroach |
| 释义 | > as lemmasGerman cockroach German cockroach n. a small, pale brown cockroach, Blatella germanica, which is a cosmopolitan pest found typically in bakeries and other buildings; also called croton bug. [After German deutsche Schabe (1792 or earlier) or its apparent model scientific Latin Blatta germanica ( Linnaeus Systema Naturæ ed. 13 (1767) I. 688; now Blatella germanica); compare French blatte germanique (1821 or earlier).] ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Dictyoptera > member of genus Blatta (cockroach) > blattella germanica (steam fly) German cockroach1846 steam fly1933 1846 Hilpert's Englisch-Deutsches u. Deutsch-Englisches Wörterbuch II. 312/1 Die deutsche [Schabe], the German cockroach. 1875 Rural Carolinian Jan. 198 Ectobia Germanica, the German cockroach, is much smaller than the other two, being not more than half the size, and much lighter colored. 1925 Public Health Rep. (U.S. Public Health Service) 40 1808 Of the four domestic species of roaches the most important as regards ship infestation is the croton bug, or German cockroach (Blatella germanica). 2005 N.Y. Times 22 Feb. d3/5 The German cockroach's little secret is out. Scientists have identified the chemical attractant that females produce to get mates. < as lemmas |
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