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# silverfish

noun (a silverfish, silverfish)

«silverfish» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A silverfish is a small, shiny, silver-grey insect with no wings that wriggles like a fish and lives in damp corners of houses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silverfish/#m1)
2. (rare) Silverfish is also a name for some small silvery fish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silverfish/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons it comes up with insects and minibeasts and their habitats; in everyday life people find silverfish in bathrooms, under sinks or in old books; it tells the reader a place is damp or old.

### Examples

- A silverfish darted across the bathroom floor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silverfish/#x1)
- Silverfish like damp, dark places. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silverfish/#x2)
- Silverfish nibble paper, glue and old books. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silverfish/#x3)
- It is an insect even though it is called a fish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silverfish/#x4)
- We spotted three silverfish under the sink. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silverfish/#x5)
- Silverfish are harmless to people but annoying. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silverfish/#x6)

### Note

Plural is the same: one silverfish, many silverfish. Trap: it is an insect, not a fish. It does not bite or sting people.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «silverfish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/silverfish/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«silverfish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/silverfish.html) on Mova free.