Territorial and hole-dwelling

• Small usually scaleless fishes with comb-like teeth living about rocky shores
• Jugular fish found near rocky shores
• Small, tapering fish
• Long fish

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 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. 2 # Blenniidae ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1774, from Latin blennius (in Pliny), from Greek blennos , from blenna "slime, mucus," from PIE *mled-sno- , from root *mel- "soft." The fish so called from the coating on its scales.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. small usually scaleless fishes with comb-like teeth living about rocky shores; territorial and hole-dwelling [syn: combtooth blenny ]