Found 2 items, similar to Lepisma.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Lepisma Lepisma n : type genus of the Lepismatidae: silverfish [syn: genus Lepisma ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Lepisma Lepisma \Le*pis"ma\ (l[-e]*p[i^]z"m[.a]), n. [NL., fr. Gr. le`pisma peel, fr. lepi`s -i`dos, a scale.] (Zo["o]l.) 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. [1913 Webster +PJC]