Meaning of Silverfish | Babel Free
Definitions
- Certain insects
- A small wingless insect of species Lepisma saccharinum, with silvery scales; a type of bristletail.
- Other similar insects in the family Lepismatidae, including:
- Ctenolepisma lineata (four-lined silverfish).
- Ctenolepisma longicaudata (grey silverfish).
- Certain fish
- Megalops atlanticus (Atlantic tarpon, tarpum).
- Raiamas senegalensis (silver fish).
- Antarctic silverfish, Pleuragramma antarcticum.
- A white variety of the goldfish.
- Aphareus rutilans (rusty jobfish)
- Argentina sphyraena (herring smelt)
- Argyrozona argyrozona (carpenter sea bream)
- Labeobarbus bynni (Niger barb, barbel, Nile barb)
- Enteromius mattozi (papermouth)
- Callorhinchus milii (elephant shark)
- Elops saurus (ladyfish)
- Leptatherina presbyteroides (hardyhead, prettyfish)
- Pseudocaranx dentex (white trevally)
- Steindachnerina argentea (toothless characin)
- Trachinotus ovatus (pompano)
- Trichiurus lepturus (largehead hairtail)
- Ulaema lefroyi (mottled mojarra)
Equivalents
العربية
حشرة السّمك الفضّي
Български
люспеница
Čeština
rybenka
Ελληνικά
ασημόψαρο
Suomi
sokeritoukka
Français
poisson d'argent
Íslenska
silfurskotta
Italiano
pesciolino d'argento
ქართული
ვერცხლისფერი
Bahasa Melayu
gegat
Русский
са́харная чешу́йница
Türkçe
gümüşçün
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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