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Croton bug definition

☆ Croton bug (krot′'n)

a small, winged cockroach (Blattella germanica); German cockroach

Etymology: after Croton Aqueduct (of the water-supply system of New York City): so named from becoming numerous in the city after the opening of the aqueduct

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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