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LEPISMA SACCHARINA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Lepisma saccharina mean?
• LEPISMA SACCHARINA (noun)
The noun LEPISMA SACCHARINA has 1 sense:
1. silver-grey wingless insect found in houses feeding on book bindings and starched clothing
Familiarity information: LEPISMA SACCHARINA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Silver-grey wingless insect found in houses feeding on book bindings and starched clothing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Lepisma saccharina; silverfish
Hypernyms ("Lepisma saccharina" is a kind of...):
thysanuran insect; thysanuron (primitive wingless insects: bristletail)
Holonyms ("Lepisma saccharina" is a member of...):
genus Lepisma; Lepisma (type genus of the Lepismatidae: silverfish)
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