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Periplaneta americana

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Noun1.Periplaneta americana - large reddish brown free-flying cockroach originally from southern United States but now widely distributedPeriplaneta americana - large reddish brown free-flying cockroach originally from southern United States but now widely distributed
American cockroach
cockroach, roach - any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests
genus Periplaneta, Periplaneta - cosmopolitan genus of large cockroaches
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However, thorough as ever, we checked it out, and it was in fact the common American cockroach, or the Periplaneta Americana, as all you entomologists know it.
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