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PERIPLANETA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Periplaneta mean?
• PERIPLANETA (noun)
The noun PERIPLANETA has 1 sense:
1. cosmopolitan genus of large cockroaches
Familiarity information: PERIPLANETA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cosmopolitan genus of large cockroaches
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Periplaneta; Periplaneta
Hypernyms ("Periplaneta" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Periplaneta"):
American cockroach; Periplaneta americana (large reddish brown free-flying cockroach originally from southern United States but now widely distributed)
Australian cockroach; Periplaneta australasiae (widely distributed in warm countries)
Holonyms ("Periplaneta" is a member of...):
Blattidae; family Blattidae (domestic cockroaches)
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