See palmetto bug on Wiktionary
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"Florida woods cockroach (Eurycotis floridana)."
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"Any cockroach (order Blattodea), but especially an American cockroach (Periplaneta americana)."
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"(chiefly Southern US, Florida) Any cockroach (order Blattodea), but especially an American cockroach (Periplaneta americana)."
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"Florida woods cockroach (Eurycotis floridana)."
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"Any cockroach (order Blattodea), but especially an American cockroach (Periplaneta americana)."
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