'Lepisma' definitions:
Definition of 'Lepisma'
(from WordNet)
noun
Type genus of the Lepismatidae: silverfish [syn: Lepisma, genus Lepisma]
Definition of 'Lepisma'
From: GCIDE
- 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.] (Zool.) 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]