释义 |
le·pis·ma \lə̇ˈpizmə\ noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, peel, from lepizein to peel, from lepos rind, scale + -izein -ize : 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 • le·pis·mid \-mə̇d\ noun -s |