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blenny

(blen′ē)

any of various small marine percoid fishes (esp. family Blenniidae) with a long, many-rayed dorsal fin and a tapering body covered with slime

Origin: L blennius < Gr blennos < blenna, slime, mucus

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blennioid adjective

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noun pl. blen·nies

Any of several widely distributed, chiefly marine fishes that are primarily of the families Blenniidae and Clinidae and have small, elongated, often scaleless bodies.

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Origin: Latin blennius, a kind of sea fish

Origin: , from Greek blennos, slime, blenny; see mel-¹ in Indo-European roots

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