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Definition of Blenny

Blenny
Blenny 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.

Meaning of Blenny from wikipedia

- Blennies (from the Gr**** ἡ βλέννα and τό βλέννος, mucus, slime) are a diverse clade of ray-finned fish in the suborder Blennioidei of the percomorph order...
- Combtooth blennies are blenniiformids; percomorph marine fish of the family Blenniidae, part of the order Blenniiformes. They are the largest family of...
- Threefin or triplefin blennies are blenniiforms, small percomorph marine fish of the family Tripterygiidae. Found in tropical and temperate waters of the...
- convict blenny/goby or the engineer blenny/goby, is a marine fish from the west-central Pacific Ocean. Despite its common names, it is neither a blenny nor...
- Striped blenny is a common name for several fishes and may refer to: Aspidontus taeniatus, native to the western Pacific and eastern Indian Oceans Chasmodes...
- as the bluestriped blenny, bluestriped sabretooth blenny, blunt-nose blenny, cleaner mimic, tube-worm blenny or the two-stripe blenny. They hide in deserted...
- Several species of blenny, a fish share the name Sailfin blenny: Emblemaria pandionis Microlipophrys velifer This disambiguation page lists articles ****ociated...
- USS Blenny (SS/AGSS-324), a Balao-class submarine in commission from 1944 to 1969, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the blenny, a fish found...
- the Midas blenny, Persian blenny, lyretail blenny or golden blenny, is a species of marine fish in the family Blenniidae. The Midas blenny is widespread...
- miller or molly miller blenny, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Blenniidae, the combtooth blennies. This species is found...