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Definition of Lepisma
1. Noun. Type genus of the Lepismatidae: silverfish.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Lepismatidae, Lepismatidae
Member holonyms: Lepisma Saccharina, Silverfish
Definition of Lepisma
1. n. 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. Called also shiner, silver witch, silver moth, and furniture bug.
Medical Definition of Lepisma
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Lepisma
Literary usage of Lepisma
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Insect Book: A Popular Account of the Bees, Wasps, Ants, Grasshoppers by Leland Ossian Howard (1901)
"lepisma domestica. (Redrawn from Marlatt.; processes issuing from the end of the
abdomen. ... lepisma ..."
2. Science from an Easy Chair by Edwin Ray Lankester (1911)
"The silver-fish insect (lepisma saccharina). The line to the right shows its
natural size. I have sometimes been asked to give advice as to the best method ..."
3. A Practical Treatise on the Use of the Microscope: Including the Different by John Quekett (1855)
"... Scales of lepisma Saccharina.—These are so easily made out by the lowest
powers, that they can hardly be called by the name of tests. Figs. ..."
4. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1885)
"Dr. Aube, in Paris, says that the black part of the backs of bound books was
nearly destroyed, probably by lepisma. Mr. Samuel Henshaw, Assistant of the ..."
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