Silverfish
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
Françaispoisson d'argent
18 more languages
العربيةحشرة السّمك الفضّي
Българскилюспеница
Češtinarybenka
Ελληνικάασημόψαρο
Suomisokeritoukka
Íslenskasilfurskotta
Italianopesciolino d'argento
ქართულივერცხლისფერი
Bahasa Melayugegat
Русскийса́харная чешу́йница
Türkçegümüşçün
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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