PERIPLANETA AUSTRALASIAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Widely distributed in warm countries

Synonyms:

Australian cockroach; Periplaneta australasiae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

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

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

genus Periplaneta; Periplaneta (cosmopolitan genus of large cockroaches)

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