croton bug

Japanese: croton bug(英語表記)crotonbug
croton bug

...The English name cockroach is an English translation of the Spanish word cucaracha, and a similar variant is asparagus being used as sparrow grass. In America, the German cockroach is called the Croton bug, which is the name of a river that became the source of water for New York City in 1842, and the name was given to cockroaches because the number of cockroaches increased around the time the river was created. Cockroaches are also sometimes called black beetles, because they resemble beetles.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "croton bug" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…英名コックローチcockroachはスペイン語のクカラチャcucarachaが英語化したもので,同様の変形にはアスパラガスasparagusがスパロー・グラスsparrow grassとして用いられている例などがある。アメリカではチャバネゴキブリをクロトン・バッグcroton bugというが,クロトンは1842年ニューヨーク市の水源となった川の名で,この水源ができたころからゴキブリが増えたのでこの名がある。またゴキブリをblack beetleと呼ぶこともあり,それはこの虫がbeetle(甲虫)に似ているからだという。…

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