Lepisma
noun
Le·pis·ma
lə̇ˈpizmə
: a genus (the type of the family Lepismatidae) of primitively wingless insects of the order Thysanura having a long flat body covered with shining scales and terminated by three long jointed styles see silverfish compare firebrat
lepismid noun
-mə̇d
plural -s
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Greek, peel, from lepizein to peel, from lepos rind, scale + -izein -ize
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