Noun: Asiatic cockroach
- Dark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmopolitan in distribution
"Asiatic cockroaches infested the damp basement";
- oriental cockroach, oriental roach, blackbeetle, Blatta orientalis
Derived forms: Asiatic cockroaches
Type of: cockroach, roach [N. Amer, informal]
Part of: Blatta, genus Blatta