black beetle (English, noun)
expansion: black beetle (plural black beetles)
Senses:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, beetle.
glosses: A black scarab beetle, later specifically the African black beetle (Heteronychus arator), a serious pest of grasses in New Zealand.
glosses: The oriental cockroach (Blatta orientalis), a large roach from the family Blattidae.
tags: UK
glosses: A similar roach native to New Zealand, of species Maoriblatta novaeseelandiae (syn. Platyzosteria novaeseelandia); the Maori bug.
tags: New-Zealand
glosses: Any of various other species of beetle that are black in color, including:
An Asiatic rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros), a pest of palm trees in tropical Asia.
glosses: Any of various other species of beetle that are black in color, including:
A member of the European species Pterostichus nigrita (syn. Feronia nigrita).
Forms:
form: black beetles
tags: plural
form: blackbeetle
tags: alternative
form: black-beetle
tags: alternative