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silverfish

/ˈsɪlvə(ɹ)fɪʃ/

silverfish noun: a small wingless insect of species Lepisma saccharinum, with silvery scales; a type of bristletail.

silverfish: a small wingless insect of species Lepisma saccharinum, with silvery scales; a type of bristletail
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Noun

silverfish (plural silverfish or silverfishes)

  1. A small wingless insect of species Lepisma saccharinum, with silvery scales; a type of bristletail.
    Synonyms:
    fishmoth
  2. Ctenolepisma lineata (four-lined silverfish).
  3. Ctenolepisma longicaudata (grey silverfish).
  4. Megalops atlanticus (Atlantic tarpon, tarpum).
  5. Raiamas senegalensis (silver fish).
  6. Antarctic silverfish, Pleuragramma antarcticum.
  7. A white variety of the goldfish.
  8. Aphareus rutilans (rusty jobfish)
  9. Argentina sphyraena (herring smelt)
  10. Argyrozona argyrozona (carpenter sea bream)
  11. Labeobarbus bynni (Niger barb, barbel, Nile barb)
  12. Enteromius mattozi (papermouth)
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  1. Callorhinchus milii (elephant shark)
  2. Elops saurus (ladyfish)
  3. Leptatherina presbyteroides (hardyhead, prettyfish)
  4. Pseudocaranx dentex (white trevally)
  5. Steindachnerina argentea (toothless characin)
  6. Trachinotus ovatus (pompano)
  7. Trichiurus lepturus (largehead hairtail)
  8. Ulaema lefroyi (mottled mojarra)

silverfish meaning in Tamil, Malay, Indonesian and Vietnamese

silverfish in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பூச்சிகளில், இது முக்கியமானதொரு இனமாகும்

silverfish in Malay

Lepisma saccharina
gegat

silverfish in Indonesian

Lepisma saccharina
gegat

silverfish in Vietnamese

Lepisma saccharina
bọ bạc, nhậy, mọt sách
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Kashmiri
کاغذ کیٛوم Kagaz kyom

Synonyms of silverfish

Forms of silverfish

pluralsilverfish
pluralsilverfishes

Plural of silverfish: silverfish or silverfishes

Origin of silverfish

From silver + fish: from its appearance, in the case of the insect.

Questions about silverfish

What does silverfish mean?
Silverfish means a small wingless insect of species Lepisma saccharinum, with silvery scales; a type of bristletail.
What is silverfish in Tamil?
Silverfish in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பூச்சிகளில், இது முக்கியமானதொரு இனமாகும். See Silverfish meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is silverfish?
Silverfish is a noun.
How do you pronounce silverfish?
Silverfish is pronounced /ˈsɪlvə(ɹ)fɪʃ/.
What is the plural of silverfish?
The plural of silverfish is silverfish.

Words near silverfish in the dictionary

  1. silvereth
  2. silvereye
  3. silvereyes
  4. silverfin
  5. silverfins
  6. silverfish
  7. silverfishes
  8. silvergilt
  9. silvergrass
  10. silvergrasses
  11. silverhead

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Adapted from Wiktionary: silverfish (page history and authors); silverfish (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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