Usually means: Large cockroach species, often indoors.
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  3. Palmetto Bug: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  The American cockroach (Periplaneta americana).

Similar:
American cockroach, water bug, Australian cockroach, German cockroach, black beetle, Croton bug, May bug, roach, amber wood cockroach, woodroach, more...

Opposite:
cockroach, Germcockroach, Americcockroach

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Similar:
American cockroach, water bug, Australian cockroach, German cockroach, black beetle, Croton bug, May bug, roach, amber wood cockroach, woodroach, more...

Opposite:
cockroach, Germcockroach, Americcockroach



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