(n.) An insect of the genera Lepisma, Campodea, etc., belonging to the Thysanura.
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Silverfish
Definition:
(n.) The tarpum.
(n.) A white variety of the goldfish.
Example Sentences:
(1) Of a celebrity, to claim any member of the public uttering even the mildest criticism is nothing but an attention-seeking "troll" whose pitiful so-called existence is several rungs below that of the lowliest silverfish.
(2) Sera obtained from subjects diagnosed on the basis of case history and skin tests as having inhalant allergies to insects, were tested for the presence of IgE antibodies to antigens from the house fly Musca domestica, a blowfly Calliphora stygia, the common clothes moth Tineola bisselliella, warehouse moth Ephestia cautella, cockroach Blattella germanica, carpet beetle Anthrenus verbasci and silverfish Ctenolepisma longicaudata.