AMERICAN COCKROACH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does American cockroach mean? 

• AMERICAN COCKROACH (noun)
  The noun AMERICAN COCKROACH has 1 sense:

1. large reddish brown free-flying cockroach originally from southern United States but now widely distributed

  Familiarity information: AMERICAN COCKROACH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMERICAN COCKROACH (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

American cockroach; Periplaneta americana

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)