noun
1. genus of terrestrial and epiphytic orchids; pantropical to temperate
• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Orchidaceae, ↑family Orchidaceae, ↑orchid family
• Member Meronyms: ↑liparis, ↑twayblade, ↑fen orchid, ↑fen orchis, ↑Liparis loeselii
2. type genus of the Liparididae: snailfishes
• Syn: ↑Liparis
• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Liparididae, ↑family Liparididae, ↑Liparidae, ↑family Liparidae
• Member Meronyms: ↑snailfish, ↑seasnail, ↑sea snail, ↑Liparis liparis
Useful english dictionary. 2012.