blenny Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun small usually scaleless fishes with comb-like teeth living about rocky shores; are territorial and live in holes between rocks
    combtooth blenny.

WordNet

Blen"ny noun
Etymology
L. blennius, blendius, blendea, Gr. , fr. slime, mucus.
Wordforms
plural Blennies
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A marine fish of the genus Blennius or family Blenniidæ; -- so called from its coating of mucus. The species are numerous.

Webster 1913