lilliput

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various small freshwater mussels of the genus Toxolasma, found mainly in the southeastern United States.
name
  1. An imaginary island populated by tiny people, in the book Gulliver's Travels.
  2. A generic fictional country, sometimes contrasted with a counterpart Brobdingnag or Blefuscu.
  3. A locality in the Shire of Indigo, north eastern Victoria, Australia.

Word forms

lilliput lilliputs

Etymology

From Lilliput, in reference to their small size.

Derived words

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