palmetto bug

noun — 2 senses

noun

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

Florida woods cockroach (Eurycotis floridana).

Florida, Southern US Any cockroach (order Blattodea), but especially an American cockroach (Periplaneta americana).

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