noun
cosmopolitan genus of large cockroaches
• Syn: ↑Periplaneta
• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Blattidae, ↑family Blattidae
• Member Meronyms: ↑American cockroach, ↑Periplaneta americana, ↑Australian cockroach, ↑Periplaneta australasiae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.