Lepisma

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the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The typical genus of Lepismatidæ, having three long and four short caudal filaments, very long antennæ, and the body flat and scaly.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. type genus of the Lepismatidae: silverfish
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    arthropod genus   
    Variant
    shiner    silverfish    silver witch    silver moth    furniture bug   
    Unknown
    Lepiota    Lewisia   
     
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