How to pronounce silverfish
American English pronunciation
SIL-ver-fish
- IPA
- /ˈsɪlvɚˌfɪʃ/
- Syllables
- SIL · ver · fish (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What silverfish means
A small, shiny, wingless insect that eats paper and glue
In a sentence: When we moved the old books, a silverfish wiggled out from behind the shelf.
Where it comes from: It is named silver plus fish for the way it looks, with silvery scales and a fishlike wiggle, even though it is an insect.
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