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PERIPLANETA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Cosmopolitan genus of large cockroaches

Synonyms:

genus Periplaneta; Periplaneta

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Periplaneta" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Periplaneta"):

American cockroach; Periplaneta americana (large reddish brown free-flying cockroach originally from southern United States but now widely distributed)

Australian cockroach; Periplaneta australasiae (widely distributed in warm countries)

Holonyms ("Periplaneta" is a member of...):

Blattidae; family Blattidae (domestic cockroaches)

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