蠹鱼 dùyú silverfish Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 蠹 dù bookworm (bound form) an insect that eats into books, wood, or clothing; also refers to a bookworm as in 蠹虫 dùchóng鱼 魚 yú nounverb aquatic animal used in the names of various aquatic or water-dwelling animals that are not biologically fish, such as 鲍鱼 bàoyú (abalone), 鳄鱼 èyú (crocodile), or 章鱼 zhāngyú (octopus)