SILVERFISH
\sˈɪlvəfɪʃ], \sˈɪlvəfɪʃ], \s_ˈɪ_l_v_ə_f_ɪ_ʃ]\
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silver-gray wingless insect found in houses feeding on book bindings and starched clothing
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a silvery variety of Carassius auratus
By Princeton University
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).