GENUS PERIPLANETA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Periplaneta mean? 

• GENUS PERIPLANETA (noun)
  The noun GENUS PERIPLANETA has 1 sense:

1. cosmopolitan genus of large cockroaches

  Familiarity information: GENUS PERIPLANETA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS PERIPLANETA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cosmopolitan genus of large cockroaches

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Periplaneta; Periplaneta

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus 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 ("genus Periplaneta" is a member of...):

Blattidae; family Blattidae (domestic cockroaches)