Found 2 items, similar to Lepisma saccharina.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Lepisma saccharina Lepisma saccharina n : silver-gray wingless insect found in houses feeding on book bindings and starched clothing [syn: silverfish]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Lepisma saccharina Silverfish \Sil"ver*fish`\, n. 1. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The tarpum. (b) A white variety of the goldfish. [1913 Webster] 2. one of a variety of insects of the order Thysanura, especially Lepisma saccharina, which may infest houses, and eats starched clothing and sized papers. See Lepisma. [PJC] 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]