PERIPLANETA AMERICANA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Periplaneta americana mean? 

• PERIPLANETA AMERICANA (noun)
  The noun PERIPLANETA AMERICANA has 1 sense:

1. large reddish brown free-flying cockroach originally from southern United States but now widely distributed

  Familiarity information: PERIPLANETA AMERICANA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERIPLANETA AMERICANA (noun)

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Meaning:

Large reddish brown free-flying cockroach originally from southern United States but now widely distributed

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

American cockroach; Periplaneta americana

Hypernyms ("Periplaneta americana" is a kind of...):

cockroach; roach (any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests)

Holonyms ("Periplaneta americana" is a member of...):

genus Periplaneta; Periplaneta (cosmopolitan genus of large cockroaches)