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black beetleAnother name for cockroach, although cockroaches belong to an entirely different order of insects (Dictyoptera) from the beetles (Coleoptera). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It was a large black beetle with formidable jaws -- a "pinchbug," he called it. Pickwick, looking about him for fear he should tread on some overgrown black beetle, or dropsical spider. We shall have Cabinet Ministers running about the place like black beetles. |
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