1. large reddish brown free-flying cockroach originally from southern United States but now widely distributed; [syn: American cockroach, Periplaneta americana]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Periplaneta americana
n 1: large reddish brown free-flying cockroach originally from
southern United States but now widely distributed [syn:
American cockroach, Periplaneta americana]