What is a large West Indian cockroach (Blatta gigantea) which drums on woodwork, as a sexual call called?
drummer — (Zoöl.) A large West Indian cockroach (Blatta gigantea) which drums on woodwork, as a sexual call. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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