periplaneta australasiae

1. 1.

   widely distributed in warm countries

   SynonymsAustralian cockroach

   Broadercockroach

   Part ofPeriplaneta

Questions about periplaneta australasiae

What does periplaneta australasiae mean?

periplaneta australasiae means "widely distributed in warm countries".

What is another word for periplaneta australasiae?

Close synonyms include Australian cockroach. 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 periplaneta australasiae a common word?

periplaneta australasiae 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.