SILVERFISH

silverfish

(noun) a silvery variety of Carassius auratus

silverfish, Lepisma saccharina

(noun) silver-grey wingless insect found in houses feeding on book bindings and starched clothing

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

silverfish (plural silverfish or silverfishes)

Certain insects

Lepisma saccharina, a small wingless insect with silvery scales, a type of bristletail.

Other similar insects in the order Zygentoma, including

Ctenolepisma lineata, also called four-lined silverfish.

Ctenolepisma longicaudata, or the grey silverfish.

Certain fish

Megalops atlanticus, the Atlantic tarpon, the tarpum.

The silver fish, Raiamas senegalensis.

The Antarctic silverfish, Pleuragramma antarcticum.

A white variety of the goldfish.

Aphareus rutilans (rusty jobfish)

Argentina sphyraena (a herring smelt)

Argyrozona argyrozona (carpenter sea bream)

Labeobarbus bynni (Niger barb, barbel, Nile barb)

Enteromius mattozi (papermouth)

Callorhinchus milii (elephant shark)

Elops saurus (ladyfish)

Leptatherina presbyteroides (hardyhead, prettyfish)

Pseudocaranx dentex (white trevally)

Steindachnerina argentea (a toothless characin)

Trachinotus ovatus (pompano)

Trichiurus lepturus (largehead hairtail)

Ulaema lefroyi (mottled mojarra)

Synonyms

• (type of bristletail): fishmoth

Source: Wiktionary

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Sil"ver*fish`, n. (Zoöl.) (a) The tarpum. (b) A white variety of the goldfish. Lepisma saccharina, which may infest houses, and eats starched clothing and sized papers. See Lepisma.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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