australian cockroach

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   widely distributed in warm countries

   SynonymsPeriplaneta australasiae

   Broadercockroach

   Part ofPeriplaneta

Questions about australian cockroach

What does australian cockroach mean?

australian cockroach means "widely distributed in warm countries".

What is another word for australian cockroach?

Close synonyms include Periplaneta australasiae. 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 australian cockroach a common word?

australian 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.