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 noun
-mə̇d
plural -s
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Greek, peel, from lepizein to peel, from lepos rind, scale + -izein -ize
- karelians
- karelias
- kareliya
- Karen
- karenics
- Karenni
- karennis
- karens
- karez
- kari
- catch of the day
- catch on
- catch on (to)
- catch on camera
- catch on to
- catch one's attention
- catch one's breath
- catch one's drift
- catch one's eye
- catch out
- catch ring
- catch some sun
- catch someone or something by surprise
- catch someone unawares
- catch someone's drift