<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>plural (especially collectively) silverfish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) silverfishes.</li><li>a white or silvery goldfish, <em>Carassius auratus</em>.</li><li>any of various other silvery fishes, as the tarpon, silversides, or shiner.</li><li>a wingless, silvery-gray thysanuran insect, <em>Lepisma saccharina</em>, that feeds on starch, damaging books, wallpaper, etc.</li></ul>