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black beetle

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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black,‎ beetle.

The oriental cockroach, Blatta orientalis (a large roach from the family Blattidae).

(New Zealand) Maoriblatta novaeseelandiae (syn. Platyzosteria novae-zelandiae), a similar roach native to New Zealand; Maori bug.

A common name for many species of beetle that are black in color, including:
The African black beetle, Heteronychus arator, a serious pest of grasses in New Zealand.

The Asiatic rhinoceros beetle, Oryctes rhinoceros, a pest of palm trees in tropical Asia.

The European species, Pterostichus nigrita (syn. Feronia nigrita).

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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cockroach oriental cockroach darkling beetle waterbug oriental roach charcoal beetle gloomy beetle moonlight beetle obsidian beetle sable beetle shadow beetle crepuscular beetle dusk beetle twilight beetle eclipse beetle
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My lords, we are vertebrate animals, we are mammalia! My learned friend's manner would be intolerable in Almighty God to a black beetle. William Henry Maule

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