LIPARIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Liparis mean? 

• LIPARIS (noun)
  The noun LIPARIS has 2 senses:

1. an orchid of the genus Liparis having few leaves and usually fairly small yellow-green or dull purple flowers in terminal racemes

2. type genus of the Liparididae: snailfishes

  Familiarity information: LIPARIS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIPARIS (noun)

Sense 1

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:

Nouns denoting plants

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Type genus of the Liparididae: snailfishes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Liparis; Liparis

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)