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Record 1 2016-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
Lepisma saccharina
Latin
DEF

Any of various small wingless silvery insects of the order Thysanura; esp.: an insect (Lepisma saccharina) found about houses and sometimes injurious to sized papers or starched clothes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Lepisma saccharina
Latin
DEF

Petit insecte sans ailes; allongé, d'aspect nacré ou argenté, que l'on voit courir rapidement dans les maisons humides, les celliers, les sous-sols, où il ronge les papiers, les comestibles, les veilles étoffes de laine,etc. (Nom usuel petit poisson d'argent; nom sc. Lepisma saccharina; ordre des thysanoures; type de la famille des lépismidés.)

Spanish

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