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      Etymology

      silver +‎ fish

      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.

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      Last modified on 31 May 2013, at 21:15