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American cockroach
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Noun1.American cockroach - large reddish brown free-flying cockroach originally from southern United States but now widely distributedAmerican cockroach - large reddish brown free-flying cockroach originally from southern United States but now widely distributed
Periplaneta americana
cockroach, roach - any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests
genus Periplaneta, Periplaneta - cosmopolitan genus of large cockroaches
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This natural non-toxic element has a long history of use in exterminating brazen populations of cockroaches, palmetto bugs, waterbugs, silverfish, termites and, you guessed it, carpenter ants.
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