Definition of Liparidae

1. Noun. Snailfishes.

Exact synonyms: Family Liparidae, Family Liparididae, Liparididae
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Scorpaenoidea, Suborder Scorpaenoidea
Member holonyms: Genus Liparis, Liparis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Liparidae

Lion's Head
Lion City
Lion of Judah
Lionel
Lionel Barrymore
Lionel Hampton
Lionel Trilling
Lions Club
Liopelma
Liopelma hamiltoni
Liopelmidae
Lipan
Lipans
Lipari Islands
Liparian
Liparidae (current term)
Liparididae
Liparis
Liparis liparis
Liparis loeselii
Lipchitz
Lipetsk
Lipitor
Lipizzan
Lipmann
Lipo-Hepin
Lipo-Lutin
Liponyssus
Liposcelis
Liposcelis divinatorius

Literary usage of Liparidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Psyche by Cambridge Entomological Club (1893)
"On the other hand it resembles the Liparidae in the hairy body, the hairs being finely plumose, a peculiarity of more common occurrence in the ..."

2. A Classification of the Lepidoptera Based on Characters of the Pupa by Edna Mosher (1915)
"In the Liparidae the setae are long and coarse, and easily visible to the unaided ... The following table will serve to separate the genera of Liparidae: ..."

3. Under the African Sun; a Description of the Native Races in Uganda, Sporting by William John Ansorge, Ernst Hartert (1899)
"It belongs to the family Liparidae. At the Natural History Museum, South Kensington, there are specimens from Natal and Delagoa Bay. Expanse : 24-34 millim. ..."

4. Bulletin by Maine Agricultural Experiment Station (1917)
"from the great majority of the families Noctuidae, Liparidae, and Lasiocampidae in which they are often visible for one-fifth the length of the wings. ..."

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