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BLATTA ORIENTALIS

\blˈatəɹ ˌɔːɹɪˈɛntˈɑːliz], \blˈatəɹ ˌɔːɹɪˈɛntˈɑːliz], \b_l_ˈa_t_ə_ɹ ˌɔː_ɹ_ɪ__ˈɛ_n_t_ˈɑː_l_i_z]\

Definitions of BLATTA ORIENTALIS

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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dark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmopolitan in distribution

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

dark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmopolitan in distribution

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Common cockroach powdered; action diuretic.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

The cockroach. The dried insect has been used as a diuretic, and the active principle, anthydropin, is said to have been isolated in a crystalline form. [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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