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palmetto bug

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.71 in modern English

Syllables
pal-met-to bug
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Florida woods cockroach (Eurycotis floridana).

noun

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

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

palmetto bugs (plural)

Questions

What does palmetto bug mean?
Florida woods cockroach (Eurycotis floridana).
Where does palmetto bug come from?
So called because they are often found on palmetto trees in the American South.

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