01 n. A genus of wingless thysanurous insects having an elongated flattened body, covered with shining scales and terminated by seven unequal bri…
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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.(Zool.) Also: shiner, silverfish, silver witch, silver moth, furniture bug