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Noun: Lepisma saccharina
  1. Silver-grey wingless insect found in houses feeding on book bindings and starched clothing
    "Lepisma saccharina had damaged the old books in the library";
    - silverfish

Type of: thysanuran insect, thysanuron

Part of: genus Lepisma, Lepisma

Encyclopedia: Lepisma saccharina