Home › Words › F › fishmothfishmothfishmoth means an insect, the silverfish.EtymologyFrom fish + moth.nounAn insect, the silverfish.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.mealmoth 71% match — Synonym of flour moth. vs fishmoth →bagmoth 62% match — A kind of moth, the bagworm. vs fishmoth →lepismoid 62% match — Like or pertaining to the genus Lepisma, of wingless insects including Lepisma saccharinum (silverfish). vs fishmoth →ethmiid 61% match — Any moth in the family Ethmiidae. vs fishmoth →douglasiid 61% match — Any moth in the family Douglasiidae. vs fishmoth →fishfly 60% match — A mayfly. vs fishmoth →mothicide 60% match — A substance that kills moths. vs fishmoth →mothbally 60% match — Resembling or suggesting mothballs, especially their distinctive odour. vs fishmoth →