lilliput

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noun

Any of various small freshwater mussels of the genus Toxolasma, found mainly in the southeastern United States.

“John Hardesty Bland (1971), Forests of Lilliput The Realm of Mosses and Lichens: “(book title)””

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Meanings

lilliput1

nounlilliput (plural lilliputs)

plural lilliputs

  1. Any of various small freshwater mussels of the genus Toxolasma, found mainly in the southeastern United States.

Lilliput2

proper noun
  1. A townland in County Westmeath, Leinster, Ireland.
  2. fictionAn imaginary island populated by tiny people, in the book Gulliver's Travels.

    John Hardesty Bland (1971), Forests of Lilliput The Realm of Mosses and Lichens: “(book title)”

  3. broadlyA generic fictional country, sometimes contrasted with a counterpart Brobdingnag or Blefuscu.

    Ronald E. Miller, Peter D. Blair (2009), Input-Output Analysis: Foundations and Extensions, page 388: “The Land of Lilliput plans to build a new power plant”

    1 more example

    Dermot McAleese (2004), Economics for Business: Competition, Macro-stability, and Globalisation: “Two economies, Lilliput and Oz, exist beside each other[…]”

  4. A locality in the Shire of Indigo, north eastern Victoria, Australia.

Origin

From Lilliput, in reference to their small size.

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APA

lilliput. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lilliput

MLA

“lilliput.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lilliput. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lilliput,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lilliput.

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