Noun: blackbeetle 'blak,bee-t(u)l
- Dark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmopolitan in distribution
"blackbeetles infested the damp basement";
- oriental cockroach, oriental roach, Asiatic cockroach, Blatta orientalis
Derived forms: blackbeetles
Type of: cockroach, roach [N. Amer, informal]
Part of: Blatta, genus Blatta