HyperDic: lepisma_saccharina

English > 1 sense of the expression Lepisma saccharina:
NOUNanimalLepisma saccharina, silverfishsilver-grey wingless insect found in houses feeding on book bindings and starched clothing
English > Lepisma saccharina: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningSilver-grey wingless insect found in houses feeding on book bindings and starched clothing.
Synonymsilverfish
Member ofLepisma, genus Lepismatype genus of the Lepismatidae
Broaderthysanuran insect, thysanuronPrimitive wingless insects
Spanishlepisma saccharina, pececito de plata
Catalanlepisma saccharina, Lepisma saccharina, peixet de plata

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