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LIPARIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Liparidae mean?
• LIPARIDAE (noun)
The noun LIPARIDAE has 1 sense:
1. snailfishes
Familiarity information: LIPARIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Snailfishes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Liparidae; family Liparididae; Liparidae; Liparididae
Hypernyms ("Liparidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Liparidae"):
genus Liparis; Liparis (type genus of the Liparididae: snailfishes)
Holonyms ("Liparidae" is a member of...):
Scorpaenoidea; suborder Scorpaenoidea (mail-cheeked fishes: scorpionfishes; gurnards)
Context examples
The fish belong to the snailfish (Liparidae) family, with bulbous heads, translucent, ribbon-like bodies and no scales.
(Three New Species of Fish Found at Bottom of Pacific Ocean, VOA)
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