Crossword clues for blenny
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.
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.
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 3 # Chaenopsidae 4 # ''(taxlink Clinidae family noshow=1)'' 5 # ''(taxlink Dactyloscopidae family noshow=1)'' 6 # ''(taxlink Labrisomidae family noshow=1)'' 7 # Tripterygiidae 8 A number of unrelated fish of similar appearance.
WordNet
n. small usually scaleless fishes with comb-like teeth living about rocky shores; territorial and hole-dwelling [syn: combtooth blenny]
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "blenny".
Her belly is a mounded salt lick, rising from the weedy tangle of her pubic hair, a marine jungle in and out of which flit tiny blennies.