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silverfish

DEFINITIONS OF: silverfish

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n silver-grey wingless insect found in houses feeding on book bindings and starched clothing

Synonyms:
Lepisma saccharina
Type of:
thysanuran insect, thysanuron
primitive wingless insects: bristletail

n a silvery variety of Carassius auratus

Type of:
Carassius auratus, goldfish
small golden or orange-red freshwater fishes of Eurasia used as pond or aquarium fishes
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