black beetle

Meanings

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, beetle.
2. A black scarab beetle, later specifically the African black beetle (Heteronychus arator), a serious pest of grasses in New Zealand.
3. The oriental cockroach (Blatta orientalis), a large roach from the family Blattidae.
4. A similar roach native to New Zealand, of species Maoriblatta novaeseelandiae (syn. Platyzosteria novaeseelandia); the Māori bug.
5. Any of various other species of beetle that are black in color, including:
6. An Asiatic rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros), a pest of palm trees in tropical Asia.
7. A member of the European species Pterostichus nigrita (syn. Feronia nigrita).