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