shannyn.
/ˈʃani/, U.S. /ˈʃæni/ The smooth blenny, Blennius pholis. Also applied to several fishes of the genus Chasmodes of Eastern North America.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > suborder Blennioidei > family Blenniidae > member of genus Blennius (blenny) > blennius pholis (smooth blenny)
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shanny1836
the world > animals > fish > miscellaneous types > [noun] > shanny or genus Chasmodes
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1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes I. 230 The Shanny or Smooth Shan.
1873 T. Gill Catal. Fishes East Coast N. Amer. 20 Chasmodes Boscianus... Bosc's shanny. Chasmodes quadrifasciatus... Four-banded shanny. Chasmodes novemlineatus... Nine-lined shanny.
1878 T. Cornish in Zoologist 2 423 Smooth Shanny.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
shannyadj.
/ˈʃani/, U.S. /ˈʃæni/ dialect.
Bashful, shy.
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the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > shyness or bashfulness > [adjective]
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shanny1821
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1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 32 Downcast eye, and blush of shanny lass.
1890 Cassell's Family Mag. Dec. 23 All sweethearts are shanny.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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