Blenny

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Blenny \Blen"ny\, n.; pl. {Blennies}. [L. blennius, blendius,
     blendea, Gr. ?, fr. ? slime, mucus.] (Zool.)
     A marine fish of the genus {Blennius} or family
     {Blenniid[ae]}; -- so called from its coating of mucus. The
     species are numerous.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  blenny
       n : small usually scaleless fishes with comb-like teeth living
           about rocky shores; territorial and hole-dwelling [syn: {combtooth
           blenny}]