american cockroach

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsPeriplaneta americana

   Broadercockroach

   Part ofPeriplaneta

Questions about american cockroach

What does american cockroach mean?

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

What is another word for american cockroach?

Close synonyms include Periplaneta americana. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is american cockroach a common word?

american cockroach is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.