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LIPARIS LIPARIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Liparis liparis mean?
• LIPARIS LIPARIS (noun)
The noun LIPARIS LIPARIS has 1 sense:
1. small tadpole-shaped cold-water fishes with pelvic fins forming a sucker; related to lumpfish
Familiarity information: LIPARIS LIPARIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small tadpole-shaped cold-water fishes with pelvic fins forming a sucker; related to lumpfish
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Liparis liparis; sea snail; seasnail; snailfish
Hypernyms ("Liparis liparis" is a kind of...):
scorpaenoid; scorpaenoid fish (fishes having the head armored with bony plates)
Holonyms ("Liparis liparis" is a member of...):
genus Liparis; Liparis (type genus of the Liparididae: snailfishes)
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