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Australian wood cockroach

Australian wood cockroach noun: any member of the species Panesthia cribrata of cockroaches of Australia.

australian wood cockroach: any member of the species Panesthia cribrata of cockroaches of Australia
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Noun

Australian wood cockroach (plural Australian wood cockroaches)

  1. Any member of the species Panesthia cribrata of cockroaches of Australia.
  2. Any member of the species Panesthia australis of cockroaches of Australia.

Forms of Australian wood cockroach

pluralAustralian wood cockroaches

Origin of Australian wood cockroach

From Australian + wood + cockroach.

Questions about Australian wood cockroach

What does Australian wood cockroach mean?
Australian wood cockroach means any member of the species Panesthia cribrata of cockroaches of Australia.
What part of speech is Australian wood cockroach?
Australian wood cockroach is a noun.
What is the plural of Australian wood cockroach?
The plural of Australian wood cockroach is Australian wood cockroaches.

Words near Australian wood cockroach in the dictionary

  1. Australian water dragons
  2. Australian Western Standard Time
  3. Australian white ibis
  4. Australian white ibises
  5. Australian willow
  6. Australian wood cockroach
  7. Australian wood cockroaches
  8. Australian X disease
  9. Australiana
  10. Australianese
  11. Australianisation

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