Lepisma definitions

Lepisma

1) Arthropod genus 2) Genus lepisma
Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/lepisma

Lepisma is a genus of primitive insects belonging to the family Lepismatidae. The most familiar member of the genus is the silverfish (L. saccharina), a commensal of humans worldwide. ...
Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepisma

Lepisma

• (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.Lepisma: words in the definiti...
Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/lepisma/

Lepisma

(from the article `photoreception`) ...eye; four cells called Semper`s cells or cone cells, which form the crystalline cone; and a sensory region called the retinula (small retina). In ...
Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/l/36

lepisma

<zoology> 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. ... Synonym: shiner, silver witch, silver moth, and furniture bug. ... Origin: NL, fr. Gr. ...
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973

Lepisma

Le·pis'ma (le*pĭz'mȧ) noun [ New Latin , from Greek le`pisma peel, from lepi`s -i`dos , a scale.] (Zoology) A genus of wingless thysanurous insects having an elongated flattened body, covered with shining scales and terminated by seven unequa...
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/31