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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Le·pis·ma n.  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.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Lepisma saccharina
      n : silver-gray wingless insect found in houses feeding on book
          bindings and starched clothing [syn: silverfish]