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silverfish
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun silverfish has 2 senses
- silverfish(n = noun.animal) lepisma saccharina - silver-grey wingless insect found in houses feeding on book bindings and starched clothing; Array is a kind of thysanuran insect, thysanuron
- silverfish(n = noun.animal) Array - a silvery variety of Carassius auratus; Array is a kind of carassius auratus, goldfish
is a member of genus lepisma, lepisma
CIDE DICTIONARY
silverfish, n.
- The tarpum. [1913 Webster]
- one of a variety of insects of the order
Thysanura , especiallyLepisma saccharina , which may infest houses, and eats starched clothing and sized papers. See Lepisma. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
silverfish, n. (pl. same or -fishes)
1 any small silvery wingless insect of the order Thysanura, esp. Lepisma saccharina in houses and other buildings.
2 a silver-coloured fish, esp. a colourless variety of goldfish.
1 any small silvery wingless insect of the order Thysanura, esp. Lepisma saccharina in houses and other buildings.
2 a silver-coloured fish, esp. a colourless variety of goldfish.
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