Definitions for crotonbug

crotonbug cro·ton·bug

Spelling: [kroht-n-buhg]
IPA: /ˈkroʊt nˌbʌg/

Crotonbug is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 278 anagrams from letters in crotonbug (bcgnoortu).

Definitions for crotonbug

noun

  1. German cockroach.

Origin of crotonbug

1855-60, Americanism; allegedly after the Croton Reservoir in Westchester Co., N.Y.; its opening in 1842 was supposedly coincident with a rise in New York City's cockroach population; see