The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
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
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
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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