Periplaneta
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Translingual
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/American-cockroach.jpg/220px-American-cockroach.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]New Latin, from Ancient Greek περί (perí, “round about, all around”) + πλανήτης (planḗtēs, “wanderer, vagabond”).
Proper noun
[edit]Periplaneta f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Blattidae – several cockroaches.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Polyneoptera - superorder; Blattodea - order; Blattoidea - superfamily; Blattidae - family
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Periplaneta americana, Periplaneta australasia - species
References
[edit]Periplaneta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Periplaneta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Periplaneta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Periplaneta at the Catalogue of Life