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