silverfish
IPA: sˈɪɫvɝfɪʃ
noun
- Certain insects
- A small wingless insect of species Lepisma saccharinum, with silvery scales; a type of bristletail.
- Other similar insects in the order Zygentoma, 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)
- 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 (toothless characin)
- Trachinotus ovatus (pompano)
- Trichiurus lepturus (largehead hairtail)
- Ulaema lefroyi (mottled mojarra)
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Examples of "silverfish" in Sentences
- A silverfish is neither silver nor fish.
- Silverfish can also cause damage to tapestries.
- Other, similar insect species are known as silverfish.
- Silverfish can live for a year or more without eating.
- But it is definitely wrong that silverfish dislike light.
- Silverfish can also cause damage to books and tapestries.
- As the user above stated, Silverfish are not just enemies of librarians.
- Insects often found inside houses include the cockroach and the silverfish.
- Silverfish are not only pests in libraries, but also in museums and archives.
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