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croton bug
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croton bug, [From the Croton water of New York.].
A small, active, winged species of cockroach (Ectobia Germanica ), the water bug. It is common aboard ships, and in houses in cities, esp. in those with hot-water pipes; -- called also the German cockroach . [1913 Webster]
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