Lepisma

noun

Le·​pis·​ma

lə̇ˈpizmə

: a genus (the type of the family Lepismatidae) of primitively wingless insects of the order Thysanura having a long flat body covered with shining scales and terminated by three long jointed styles see silverfish compare firebrat

lepismid

-mə̇d

noun

plural -s

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek, peel, from lepizein to peel, from lepos rind, scale + -izein -ize

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