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Definition of Periplaneta
1. Noun. Cosmopolitan genus of large cockroaches.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Blattidae, Family Blattidae
Member holonyms: American Cockroach, Periplaneta Americana, Australian Cockroach, Periplaneta Australasiae
Medical Definition of Periplaneta
1. A genus of blattidae containing several species with the most common being p. Americana, the american cockroach. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Periplaneta
Literary usage of Periplaneta
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Insect Book: A Popular Account of the Bees, Wasps, Ants, Grasshoppers by Leland Ossian Howard (1901)
"The species found in American houses are the American cockroach (periplaneta
americana), the German cockroach or croton bug ..."
2. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society by American Entomological Society (1916)
"periplaneta americana (Linnaeus). Big Pine Key, Florida. Male. Dorsal view of
pronotum, ... periplaneta brunnea Burmeister. Fort Myers, Florida. Female. ..."
3. A Junior Course of Practical Zoology by Arthur Milnes Marshall (1899)
"periplaneta Americana. THE common cockroach or ' black beetle ' of our kitchens and
... periplaneta ..."
4. An Introduction to the Study of the Comparative Anatomy of Animals by Gilbert Charles Bourne (1902)
"The common species, periplaneta orientalis is a native of tropical Asia; a somewhat
larger species, P. americana, is a native of tropical America, ..."
5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1894)
"On the development of the ' Ovipositor ' in the Cockroach (periplaneta orientals).
By Professor A. DENNY. It is well known that in the adult female of this ..."
6. The Insect Book: A Popular Account of the Bees, Wasps, Ants, Grasshoppers by Leland Ossian Howard (1901)
"The species found in American houses are the American cockroach (periplaneta
americana), the German cockroach or croton bug ..."
7. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society by American Entomological Society (1916)
"periplaneta americana (Linnaeus). Big Pine Key, Florida. Male. Dorsal view of
pronotum, ... periplaneta brunnea Burmeister. Fort Myers, Florida. Female. ..."
8. A Junior Course of Practical Zoology by Arthur Milnes Marshall (1899)
"periplaneta Americana. THE common cockroach or ' black beetle ' of our kitchens and
... periplaneta ..."
9. An Introduction to the Study of the Comparative Anatomy of Animals by Gilbert Charles Bourne (1902)
"The common species, periplaneta orientalis is a native of tropical Asia; a somewhat
larger species, P. americana, is a native of tropical America, ..."
10. Report of the Annual Meeting (1894)
"On the development of the ' Ovipositor ' in the Cockroach (periplaneta orientals).
By Professor A. DENNY. It is well known that in the adult female of this ..."
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