palmetto bug

English

Etymology

So called because they are often found on palmetto trees in the American South.

Noun

palmetto bug (plural palmetto bugs)

  1. Florida woods cockroach (Eurycotis floridana).
  2. (chiefly Southern US, Florida) Any cockroach (order Blattodea), but especially an American cockroach (Periplaneta americana).

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