blabera gigantea

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blabera gigantea - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  knocker \knock"er\, n.
     1. One who, or that which, knocks; specifically, an
        instrument, or kind of hammer, fastened to a door, to be
        used in seeking for admittance.
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              Shut, shut the door, good John ! fatigued, I said;
              Tie up the knocker; say I'm sick, I'm dead. --Pope.
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     2. A person strikingly handsome, beautiful, or fine; one who
        wins admiration; a "stunner." [Slang.]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     3. A species of large cockroach, especially Blabera  gigantea
        , of semitropical America, which is able to
        produce a loud knocking sound.
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     4. [usually used in pl.] a woman's breast. [vulgar]
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