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Definition of Genus Lepisma

1. Noun. Type genus of the Lepismatidae: silverfish.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Lepisma

Literary usage of Genus Lepisma

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1871)
"There are four American species of the genus Lepisma in the Museum of the Peabody Academy, which contains, so far as we are aware, the only collection, ..."

2. Proceedings by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1878)
"Dr White now informs me that they belong to the genus Lepisma, and are much larger than the common "sugar fish" (Lepisma saccharina). ..."

3. Natural History: A Manual of Zoology for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1872)
"The genus Lepisma is long, with silvery scales, and the abdomen has three long bristles. It is found among old books and woollens, and under bark. t; ..."

4. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1902)
"genus Lepisma, Linn;«us. Lepisma saccharina, Linn. This well-known insect—popularly called " sugar-fish " or " silver-fish "—is still to be met with in many ..."

5. Guide to the Study of Insects, and a Treatise on Those Injurious and by Alpheus Spring Packard (1870)
"... the head to the opposite extremity, as in the genus Lepisma and allies, without showing the usual well marked division into head, thorax and abdomen. ..."

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