| slovo | definícia |
Lepisma saccharina
(gcide) | Silverfish \Sil"ver*fish`\, n.
1. (Zool.)
(a) The tarpum.
(b) A white variety of the goldfish.
[1913 Webster]
2. one of a variety of insects of the order Thysanura,
especially Lepisma saccharina, which may infest houses,
and eats starched clothing and sized papers. See
Lepisma.
[PJC] |
Lepisma saccharina
(gcide) | Lepisma \Le*pis"ma\ (l[-e]*p[i^]z"m[.a]), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
le`pisma peel, fr. lepi`s -i`dos, a scale.] (Zool.)
A genus of wingless thysanurous insects having an elongated
flattened body, covered with shining scales and terminated by
seven unequal bristles. A common species ({Lepisma
saccharina}) is found in houses, and often injures books and
furniture; it feeds on starch and eats sized paper and
starched clothes. Called also shiner, silverfish, {silver
witch}, silver moth, and furniture bug.
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
lepisma saccharina
(wn) | Lepisma saccharina
n 1: silver-grey wingless insect found in houses feeding on book
bindings and starched clothing [syn: silverfish, {Lepisma
saccharina}] |
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lepisma saccharina
(wn) | Lepisma saccharina
n 1: silver-grey wingless insect found in houses feeding on book
bindings and starched clothing [syn: silverfish, {Lepisma
saccharina}] |
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