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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LEPISMA

Le *pis "ma, n. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A genus of wingless thysanurous insects having an elongated flattened body, covered with shining scales and terminated by seven unequal bristles. A common species (Lepisma saccharina ) is found in houses, and often injures books and furniture. Called also shiner, silver witch, silver moth, and furniture bug.