English Explanatory Dictionary

blenny

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A true blenny, any of various marine fishes from the suborder Blennioidei or order Blenniiformes 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 (combtooth blennies)
  3. Chaenopsidae (pikeblennies, tubeblennies, and flagblennies)
  4. Clinidae (weedfishes)
  5. Dactyloscopidae (sand stargazers)
  6. Labrisomidae (labrisomids)
  7. Tripterygiidae (triple-fin blennies)
  8. A number of fish of similar appearance not closely related.
  9. bartail blenny (Platycephalus indicus, in family Pseudochromidae)
  10. viviparous blenny (Zoarces viviparus, in family Zoarcidae)
  11. convict blenny/engineer blenny (Pholidichthys leucotaenia, in family Pholidichthyidae)
  12. scooter blenny (Neosynchiropus ocellatus, in family Callionymidae)

Pronunciation

/ˈblɛni/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-blenny.wav

Word forms

blenny blennies

Etymology

From Latin blennius, blendius, from Ancient Greek βλεννός (blennós, “mucus, slime”) (whence Modern Greek βλέννα (vlénna)), because of its slimy coating. From Proto-Indo-European *mel- (“soft”).

Derived words

blackflap blenny butterfly blenny eel-blenny eelblenny fangblenny freckled blenny Japanese snake blenny jewelled blenny kappie blenny Montagu's blenny tompot blenny

Translations

Asturian: pixapu Asturian: babosu Asturian: babayu Catalan: bavosa Chinese Mandarin: 䲁 /鳚 Czech: slizoun Finnish: limakala French: blennie Galician: lorcha Galician: mógaro German: Schleimfischartiger Greek: βλέννος Italian: bavosa Portuguese: blênio Russian: морска́я соба́чка Turkish: horozbina
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