Periplaneta

Translingual

Periplaneta americana

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek περί (perí, “round about, all around”) +‎ πλανήτης (planḗtēs, “wanderer, vagabond”).

Proper noun

Periplaneta f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Blattidae – several cockroaches.

Hypernyms

• (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

• (genus): Periplaneta americana, Periplaneta australasia - species

References

• Periplaneta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Periplaneta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Periplaneta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Periplaneta at the Catalogue of Life