What does lepisma saccharina mean?

lepisma saccharina means "silver-grey wingless insect found in houses feeding on book bindings and starched clothing".

What is another word for lepisma saccharina?

Close synonyms include silverfish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lepisma saccharina a common word?

lepisma saccharina is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Lepisma saccharina — meaning and 1 synonym

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

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

Questions about lepisma saccharina

What does lepisma saccharina mean?: lepisma saccharina means "silver-grey wingless insect found in houses feeding on book bindings and starched clothing".
What is another word for lepisma saccharina?: Close synonyms include silverfish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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