American cockroach (original) (raw)

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I. (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

American cockroach; Periplaneta americana

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("American cockroach" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("American cockroach" is a member of...):

genus Periplaneta; Periplaneta (cosmopolitan genus of large cockroaches)

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