Silberfisch

(archaic, masculine, strong) different kinds of silver-coloured fish
(alt-of, alternative, masculine, strong) alternative form of Silberfischchen (“silverfish (the insect)”)

poisson d’argent

From Silber (“silver”) + Fisch (“fish”). In the name of the insect a backformation from Silberfischchen, itself an extended form of older Fischchen.

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