Definition of Periplaneta australasiae

1. Noun. Widely distributed in warm countries.

Exact synonyms: Australian Cockroach
Generic synonyms: Cockroach, Roach
Group relationships: Genus Periplaneta, Periplaneta

Lexicographical Neighbors of Periplaneta Australasiae

Pericles
Peridiniidae
Peridinium
Perilla frutescens crispa
Periodontal Disease Index
Perioikoi
Perioikos
Periophthalmus
Peripatetic
Peripatetick
Peripatetics
Peripatidae
Peripatopsidae
Peripatopsis
Periplaneta americana
Periplaneta australasiae (current term)
Periploca
Periploca graeca
Perisoreus
Perisoreus canadensis
Perisoreus canadensis capitalis
Peristediinae
Peristedion
Peristedion miniatum
Peritrate
Peritrichida
Perkinism
Perkins
Perkinsian
Perl

Literary usage of Periplaneta australasiae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Preventive Medicine and Hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau, George Chandler Whipple, John William Trask, Thomas William Salmon (1921)
"Four of these have become domesticated and cosmopolitan. They are Periplaneta americana, Periplaneta australasiae, ..."

2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1908)
"Periplaneta australasiae (Fabricius). This species is represented by a nymph from Cedar Keys, August 15, taken under adherent dead petiole bases of palmetto ..."

3. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1906)
"Andros, May-June (Wheeler). Recorded by Morse (p. 19), from New Providence and Mangrove Key, Andros. Periplaneta australasiae ..."

4. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variat by James William Tutt, Malcolm Burr (1890)
"... and a specimen of the cockroach Periplaneta australasiae, taken from a case of oranges from Jamaica. ..."

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