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Periplaneta

noun

cosmopolitan genus of large cockroaches

• Syn: ↑genus Periplaneta

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Blattidae, ↑family Blattidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑American cockroach, ↑Periplaneta americana, ↑Australian cockroach, ↑Periplaneta australasiae

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\\ˌperəpləˈnēd.ə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from peri- + Greek planētēs wanderer — more at planet

: a genus of large cockroaches including the American cockroach (P. americana) and the Australian cockroach (P. australasiae) which are two common cosmopolitan species

Useful english dictionary. 2012.