blenny : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: blenny	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for blenny
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
blenny n small usually scaleless fishes with comb-like teeth living about rocky shores; are territorial and live in holes between rocks Synonym(s): blenny, combtooth blenny
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blenny \Blen"ny\, n.; pl. {Blennies}. [L. blennius, blendius, blendea, Gr. [?], fr. [?] slime, mucus.] (Zo[94]l.) A marine fish of the genus {Blennius} or family {Blenniid[91]}; -- so called from its coating of mucus. The species are numerous.