LIPARIS LIPARIS

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Meaning:

Small tadpole-shaped cold-water fishes with pelvic fins forming a sucker; related to lumpfish

Synonyms:

Liparis liparis; sea snail; seasnail; snailfish

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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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