Meanings of silverfish in English

Bugs Moths, carpet beetles, silverfish and woodworm should be terminated with extreme prejudice.

The men were thrown into space like a dozen wriggling silverfish.

No point leaving it for the silverfish, is there?

Mix in the same smell as opening an old, damp book half eaten by silverfish.

It's 120 years since a few little silverfish from England were tipped into the Munster Blackwater river.

The one who had been a silverfish had snow-white hair of the finest texture and deep brown eyes.

What's the use of keeping these things stowed in her cupboards and wardrobes, attracting silverfish (ugh!)

Just the usual roaches and silverfish.

Her eyes crinkled into small silverfish, almost paper cuts of eyes, all white, and then they popped open again.

We now have them nailed as soon they start coming in Fortunately, serious damage from beetles and silverfish is rare.

The two of them shared footage of themselves among dolphins, sharks and gannets pursuing the bait balls of little silverfish.

A silverfish then raised its head beside that of the goldfish, and a moment later a bronzefish lifted its head beside the others.

People had been trying to get rid of the rats-andcockroaches and silverfish and other vermin that had somehow made it here from Earth-formears.

That's a water bug. For the white people up here, the rats are raccoons, the silverfish are dachshunds, and the black people are their friends.

Silverfish only thrive in damp conditions, so they're fairly easy to control.

Silverfish vies with springtail in trying to be most primitive insect.