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SILVERFISH
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Irregular inflected form: silverfishes
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A silvery variety of Carassius auratus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("silverfish" is a kind of...):
Carassius auratus; goldfish (small golden or orange-red freshwater fishes of Eurasia used as pond or aquarium fishes)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Silver-grey wingless insect found in houses feeding on book bindings and starched clothing
Synonyms:
Lepisma saccharina; silverfish
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("silverfish" is a kind of...):
thysanuran insect; thysanuron (primitive wingless insects: bristletail)
Holonyms ("silverfish" is a member of...):
genus Lepisma; Lepisma (type genus of the Lepismatidae: silverfish)
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