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Plural of silverfish

irregular plural

The plural of silverfish is silverfish or silverfishes.

Forms of silverfish

Singularsilverfish /ˈsɪlvə(ɹ)fɪʃ/
Pluralsilverfish /ˈsɪlvə(ɹ)fɪʃ/
silverfishes
Countablecountable

Meaning of silverfish

  1. noun A small wingless insect of species Lepisma saccharinum, with silvery scales; a type of bristletail.
  2. noun Ctenolepisma lineata (four-lined silverfish).
  3. noun Ctenolepisma longicaudata (grey silverfish).

Full definition of silverfish

Plural the same as the singular

Questions about the plural of silverfish

What is the plural of silverfish?
The plural of silverfish is silverfish or silverfishes.
Is silverfish countable?
Silverfish is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: silverfish (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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