1. Large reddish brown free-flying cockroach originally from southern United States but now widely distributed
   - Periplaneta americana

Derived forms: American cockroaches

Type of: cockroach, roach

Part of: genus Periplaneta, Periplaneta

Encyclopedia: American cockroach

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