ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
( plural silverfish or silverfishes )
1. : any of various silvery fishes: as
a. : tarpon
b. : a white or silvery variety of the goldfish
c. : silversides
d. : golden shiner
e. : silver hake
f. : cutlass fish
g. : any of several fishes of the family Denticidae ; especially : an important So. African food fish ( Argyrozona, or Dentex, argyrozona )
2. plural silverfish : any of various small wingless silvery insects of the order Thysanura ; especially : an insect ( Lepisma saccharina ) found about houses and sometimes injurious to sized papers or starched clothes — called also fish moth