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blenny
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
BLENNY
n.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.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
BLENNY
Blen "ny, n.; pl. Blennies. Etym: [L. blennius, blendius, blendea, Gr. , fr. slime, mucus. ] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A marine fish of the genus Blennius or family Blenniidæ; -- so called from its coating of mucus. The species are numerous.
New American Oxford Dictionary
blenny
blen ny |ˈblenē ˈblɛni | ▶noun ( pl. blennies ) a small, spiny-finned marine fish with scaleless skin and a blunt head, typically living in shallow inshore or intertidal waters. [Family Blennidae: several genera, in particular Blennius. ] • any of a number of other small fishes that resemble or are related to the true blennies, including the hairy blenny (Labrisomus nuchipinnis, family Clinidae ), found esp. along the Atlantic coast from the Bahamas to Brazil. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from Latin blennius, from Greek blennos ‘mucus ’ (because of its mucous coating ).
Oxford Dictionary
blenny
blenny |ˈblɛni | ▶noun ( pl. blennies ) a small spiny-finned marine fish with scaleless skin and a blunt head, typically living in shallow inshore or intertidal waters. ●Family Blenniidae: several genera, in particular Blennius. • used in names of other small fishes that resemble or are related to the true blennies, e.g. eel blenny. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from Latin blennius, from Greek blennos ‘mucus ’ (because of its mucous coating ).