genus periplaneta

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   cosmopolitan genus of large cockroaches

   SynonymsPeriplaneta

   Broaderarthropod genus

   Part ofBlattidae

Questions about genus periplaneta

What does genus periplaneta mean?

genus periplaneta means "cosmopolitan genus of large cockroaches".

What is another word for genus periplaneta?

Close synonyms include Periplaneta. 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 genus periplaneta a common word?

genus periplaneta 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.