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PERIPLANETA AUSTRALASIAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Periplaneta australasiae mean?
• PERIPLANETA AUSTRALASIAE (noun)
The noun PERIPLANETA AUSTRALASIAE has 1 sense:
1. widely distributed in warm countries
Familiarity information: PERIPLANETA AUSTRALASIAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PERIPLANETA AUSTRALASIAE (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Widely distributed in warm countries
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Australian cockroach; Periplaneta australasiae
Hypernyms ("Periplaneta australasiae" is a kind of...):
cockroach; roach (any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests)
Holonyms ("Periplaneta australasiae" is a member of...):
genus Periplaneta; Periplaneta (cosmopolitan genus of large cockroaches)
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