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Lepisma saccharina (Silverfish)

Wikispecies

Wikispecies

Wikispecies

Wikispecies

Noun

silverfish ‎(plural silverfish or silverfishes)

1. Lepisma saccharina, a small wingless insect with silvery scales, a type of bristletail.
2. Other similar insects in the order Zygentoma, including:
   1. Ctenolepisma lineata, also called four-lined silverfish.
   2. Ctenolepisma longicaudata, or the grey silverfish.
3. Megalops atlanticus, the Atlantic tarpon, the tarpum.
4. The silver fish, Raiamas senegalensis.
5. The Antarctic silverfish, Pleuragramma antarcticum.
6. A white variety of the goldfish.

Synonyms

• (type of bristletail): fishmoth

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