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Blenny

Blenny Meaning & Definition
Blenny Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Blenny?

[n] small usually scaleless fishes with comb-like teeth living about rocky shores; territorial and hole-dwelling

Synonyms | Synonyms for Blenny: combtooth blenny

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See Also | Blenniidae | blennioid | blennioid fish | Blennius pholis | family Blenniidae | Molly Miller | Scartella cristata | shanny

Blenny In Webster's Dictionary

\Blen"ny\, n.; pl. {Blennies}. [L. blennius, blendius, blendea, Gr. ?, fr. ? slime, mucus.] (Zo["o]l.) A marine fish of the genus {Blennius} or family {Blenniid[ae]}; -- so called from its coating of mucus. The species are numerous.

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