silverfish
English
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Silverfish_2007-2.jpg/220px-Silverfish_2007-2.jpg)
Etymology
silver + fish: from its appearance, in the case of the insect.
Noun
silverfish (plural silverfish or silverfishes)
- Certain insects
- Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., a small wingless insect with silvery scales, a type of bristletail.
- Other similar insects in the order Zygentoma, including:
- Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., also called four-lined silverfish.
- Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., or the grey silverfish.
- Certain fish
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- The Antarctic silverfish, Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template..
- A white variety of the goldfish.
- Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. (rusty jobfish)
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- Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. (elephant shark)
- Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. (ladyfish)
- Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. (hardyhead, prettyfish)
- Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. (white trevally)
- Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. (a toothless characin)
- Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. (pompano)
- Trichiurus lepturus (largehead hairtail)
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- Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., the Atlantic tarpon(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
Synonyms
- (type of bristletail): fishmoth
Translations
type of bristletail
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- English lemmas
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- English countable nouns
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- English 3-syllable words
- en:Argentiniform fish
- en:Atheriniform fish
- en:Carps
- en:Characins
- en:Chimaeras (fish)
- en:Cyprinids
- en:Elopomorph fish
- en:Fish
- en:Insects
- en:Jackfish
- en:Percoid fish
- en:Scombroids
- en:Sparids