| 释义 |
silverfish
\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
(plural silverfish or silverfishes)
1. : any of various silvery fishes: as
a. : tarpon
b. : a white or silvery variety of the goldfish
c. : silversides
d. : golden shiner
e. : silver hake
f. : cutlass fish
g. : any of several fishes of the family Denticidae; especially : an important So. African food fish (Argyrozona, or Dentex, argyrozona)
2. plural silverfish : any of various small wingless silvery insects of the order Thysanura; especially : an insect (Lepisma saccharina) found about houses and sometimes injurious to sized papers or starched clothes — called also fish moth |