genus periplaneta

English Thesaurus

1. cosmopolitan genus of large cockroaches (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	arthropod genus,
definition	:	a genus of arthropods (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	american cockroach, periplaneta americana,
definition	:	large reddish brown free-flying cockroach originally from southern United States but now widely distributed (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	australian cockroach, periplaneta australasiae,
definition	:	widely distributed in warm countries (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	blattidae, family blattidae,
definition	:	domestic cockroaches (noun.animal)