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lepiota naucina |
lepiota procera |
lepiota rhacodes |
lepiota rubrotincta |
lepiotaceae |
Lepisma
| lepisma saccharina
| lepismatidae
| lepismoid
| lepisosteidae
| lepisosteus
Lepisma
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Lepisma has 1 sense
- lepisma(n = noun.animal) genus lepisma - type genus of the Lepismatidae: silverfish; Array is a kind of arthropod genus
is a member of family lepismatidae, lepismatidae
CIDE DICTIONARY
Lepisma, n. [NL., fr. Gr. le`pisma peel, fr. lepi`s -i`dos, a scale.].
A genus of wingless thysanurous insects having an elongated flattened body, covered with shining scales and terminated by seven unequal bristles. A common species (Lepisma saccharina ) is found in houses, and often injures books and furniture; it feeds on starch and eats sized paper and starched clothes. Called also shiner , silverfish , silver witch , silver moth , and furniture bug . [1913 Webster]
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