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