Common name: American cockroach Scientific name: Periplaneta americana Linnaeus Order: Blattaria. Description: This is one of the largest common cockroaches in Texas, reaching 1-1/2 to 2 inches.They are reddish-brown in color.ommon name: American cockroach Scientific name: Periplaneta americana Linnaeus Order: Blattaria. Description: This is one of the largest common cockroaches in Texas, reaching 1-1/2 to 2 inches.
If we have a parallelogram where all sides are congruent then we have what is called a rhombus. The properties of parallelograms can be applied on rhombi. If we have a quadrilateral where one pair and only one pair of sides are parallel then we have what is called a trapezoid.
A rectangle is a parallelogram with four right angles, so all rectangles are also parallelograms and quadrilaterals. On the other hand, not all quadrilaterals and parallelograms are rectangles. A rectangle has all the properties of a parallelogram, plus the following: 1  The diagonals are congruent. quadrilateral is a polygon with four sides. There are many special types of quadrilateral. A parallelogram is a quadrilateral in which both pairs of opposite sides are parallel. A parallelogram also has the following properties: 1  Opposite angles are congruent; 2  Opposite sides are congruent;