SILVERFISH (silverfishes)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: silverfishes   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does silverfish mean? 

• SILVERFISH (noun)
  The noun SILVERFISH has 2 senses:

1. silver-grey wingless insect found in houses feeding on book bindings and starched clothing

2. a silvery variety of Carassius auratus

  Familiarity information: SILVERFISH used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SILVERFISH (noun)

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 ("silverfish" is a kind of...):

thysanuran insect; thysanuron (primitive wingless insects: bristletail)

Holonyms ("silverfish" is a member of...):

genus Lepisma; Lepisma (type genus of the Lepismatidae: silverfish)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A silvery variety of Carassius auratus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("silverfish" is a kind of...):

Carassius auratus; goldfish (small golden or orange-red freshwater fishes of Eurasia used as pond or aquarium fishes)