Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun periplaneta_americana

1 sense of periplaneta americana

Sense 1
American cockroach, Periplaneta americana -- (large reddish brown free-flying cockroach originally from southern United States but now widely distributed)
       => cockroach, roach -- (any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests)