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Definition of Liparis
1. Noun. An orchid of the genus Liparis having few leaves and usually fairly small yellow-green or dull purple flowers in terminal racemes.
2. Noun. Type genus of the Liparididae: snailfishes.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Liparidae, Family Liparididae, Liparidae, Liparididae
Member holonyms: Liparis Liparis, Sea Snail, Seasnail, Snailfish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Liparis
Literary usage of Liparis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1864)
"The name L. tunicata is thus solely based on the C. liparis of Fabricius, and as
the first variety is the one fully described by that author, ..."
2. The Gypsy Moth: Porthetria Dispar (Linn.). A Report of the Work of by Edward Howe Forbush, Charles Henry Fernald, Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture (1896)
"Liparis dispar, Lacordaire, Manual of Entomology, p. 312, 1836. ... Liparis dispar,
De Selys, Cat. Lep. de la Belg., p. 28, 1837. Liparis dispar, Krause ..."
3. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members (1874)
"I have long known of the existence of a species of Liparis on the coast of
Massachusetts, specimens having been collected as long ago as 1856 and exhibited ..."
4. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1884)
"ON THE URTICATING PROPERTIES OF THE HAIRS OF Liparis ... Merrin in
his 'Calendar' (apparently quoting some other author), says that the larva of Liparis ..."
5. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1861)
"Liparis, Artedi, Syn. p. 117; Cuc. Regne Anim. Body subcylindrical anteriorly,
compressed posteriorly, rather elongate, enveloped in a more or less loose ..."
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