Periplaneta
Translingual
Periplaneta americana
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek περί (perí, “round about, all around”) + πλανήτης (planḗtēs, “wanderer, vagabond”).
Proper noun
Periplaneta f
- 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