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AMERICAN COCKROACH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large reddish brown free-flying cockroach originally from southern United States but now widely distributed
Synonyms:
American cockroach; Periplaneta americana
Classified under:
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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