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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Crō'ton-bŭg, n.

noun

n. [From the Croton water of New York.] (Entom.) A long-winged species of cockroach; Blatta Germanica.

An engraved illustration of a croton bug viewed from above, with long antennae, wings, and spiny legs.
Croton-bug.