

for me borders was a little disappointing, but i need to visit them more often to really explore the place. some time ago i was quite disappointed with mph for certain reasons, but in recent months i have liked them again for stocking some rare books i were looking for. silverfish is another place i spend way too much money at. noun silver-grey wingless insect found in houses feeding on book bindings and starched clothingįebru2: 03 PM lil ms d said.noun a silvery variety of Carassius auratus.noun A small wingless insect with silvery scales, a type of bristletail.įrom WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University.See Lepisma.įrom Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. noun one of a variety of insects of the order Thysanura, especially Lepisma saccharina, which may infest houses, and eats starched clothing and sized papers.Morris, Austral English.įrom the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English. noun A Tasmanian name for Carangus georgianus, of the family Carangidæ, the white or silver trevally.Also called walking-fish, bristletail, fishtail, furniture-bug, silver-moth, silver-witch, shiner, and silvertail.

domestica, a thysanurous insect occurring in houses and damaging books, wall-paper, etc. noun The characinoid Curimatus argenteus, inhabiting the fresh waters of Trinidad.noun The tarpon (or tarpum) or jewfish, Megalops atlanticus or M.noun The bream Notemigonus chrysoleucus.noun A sand-smelt or atherine any fish of the family Atherinidæ: same as silversides.noun An artificial variety of the goldfish, Carassius auratas, more or less nearly colorless, or with silvery-white instead of red scales on much or all of the body.noun Any of various small wingless insects of the order Thysanura, having a silvery body and a three-pronged tail, especially Lepisma saccharina, which feeds on the starchy material in bookbindings, clothing, and food.noun Any of various fishes having silvery scales, such as a tarpon or silverside.From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
