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Meanings of Croton bug in English
Portuguese
baratinha Small light-brown cockroach brought to United States from Europe; a common household pest.
Synonyms
Examples for "German cockroach"
Examples for "German cockroach"
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However, there was no significant correlation with German cockroach and Alternaria allergen.
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Inhibition experiments showed that boiled Atlantic shrimp extract inhibited CAP with German cockroach, and vice versa.
3
Cross-reactivity exists between shrimp, an important food allergen, and German cockroach, which has an increasing role in allergic asthma.
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Background: The German cockroach has been reported to act as an allergen that might be associated with a protease reaction in asthma.
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Buczkowski's team studied German cockroaches, a shiny, orange-tinged roach that is among the most common household species in the United States.
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Surely you're not going to be outdone by a water bug?
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Being a city boy, I've never killed anything larger than a water bug.
3
Ike appeared, his kayak scooting upriver like a water bug.
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We even managed to snag a (seemingly) newly hatched giant water bug!
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The baby mosquito is a regular little water bug.
Usage of Croton bug in English
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The croton bugs have longer wings and they sometimes fly.
2
Our croton bugs are not really bugs.
3
We call it the croton bug, but it is not a bug at all, it is a cockroach.
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It is a small black-beetle or cockroach, called by scientists "Blatta germanica" and by others the " Croton Bug."