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Silverfish vs Silverish - What's the difference?

silverfish | silverish |

As a noun silverfish

is species: Lepisma saccharina, a small wingless insect with silvery scales, a type of bristletail.

As an adjective silverish is

somewhat silver in colour.

silverfish

English

(wikipedia silverfish) (Lepisma saccharina) (Megalops atlanticus) (Raiamas) (Pleuragrammatinae)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • , a small wingless insect with silvery scales, a type of bristletail.
  • Other similar insects in the order , including:
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  • , the tarpum.
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  • A white variety of the goldfish.

    • Synonyms

    * (type of bristletail) fishmoth

    silverish

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Somewhat silver in colour.
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