silverfish Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun silver-grey wingless insect found in houses feeding on book bindings and starched clothing
    Lepisma saccharina.
  2. noun a silvery variety of Carassius auratus

WordNet

Sil"ver*fish` noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) (a) The tarpum. (b) A white variety of the goldfish. 2. one of a variety of insects of the order Thysanura; -- esp. Lepisma saccharina, which may infest houses, and eats starched clothing and sized papers. See Lepisma.

Webster 1913