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LIPARIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Liparididae: snailfishes
Synonyms:
genus Liparis; Liparis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Liparis" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Liparis"):
Liparis liparis; sea snail; seasnail; snailfish (small tadpole-shaped cold-water fishes with pelvic fins forming a sucker; related to lumpfish)
Holonyms ("Liparis" is a member of...):
family Liparidae; family Liparididae; Liparidae; Liparididae (snailfishes)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An orchid of the genus Liparis having few leaves and usually fairly small yellow-green or dull purple flowers in terminal racemes
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("liparis" is a kind of...):
orchid; orchidaceous plant (any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors)
Holonyms ("liparis" is a member of...):
genus Liparis (genus of terrestrial and epiphytic orchids; pantropical to temperate)