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Webster 1913 Edition


Blenny

Blen′ny

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Blennies
.
[L.
blennius
,
blendius
,
blendea
, Gr.
[GREEK]
, fr.
[GREEK]
slime, mucus.]
(Zool.)
A marine fish of the genus
Blennius
or family
Blenniidæ
; – so called from its coating of mucus. The species are numerous.

Webster 1828 Edition


Blenny

BLEN'NY

,
Noun.
A genus of fishes, of the order of Jugulars, in Ichthyology called Blennius. There are several species; the size from five inches to a foot in length.

Definition 2024


blenny

blenny

English

A blenny.

Wikispecies

Noun

blenny (plural blennies)

  1. A true blenny, any of various marine fishes from the suborder Blennioidei that are generally small and elongated which dwell on the sea floor, including scaled and scaleless forms and dramatically divergent appearance, in several families.
    1. Blenniidae
    2. Chaenopsidae
    3. Clinidae
    4. Dactyloscopidae
    5. Labrisomidae
    6. Tripterygiidae
  2. A number of unrelated fish of similar appearance.

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