silverfish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Certain insects
A small wingless insect of species Lepisma saccharinum, with silvery scales; a type of bristletail.
Other similar insects in the family Lepismatidae, including:
Ctenolepisma lineata (four-lined silverfish).
Ctenolepisma longicaudata (grey silverfish).
Certain fish
Megalops atlanticus (Atlantic tarpon, tarpum).
Raiamas senegalensis (silver fish).
Antarctic silverfish, Pleuragramma antarcticum.
A white variety of the goldfish.
Aphareus rutilans (rusty jobfish)
Argentina sphyraena (herring smelt)

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From silver + fish: from its appearance, in the case of the insect.

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