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blenny in British English
(ˈblɛnɪ)
nounWord forms: plural -nies
1.
any blennioid fish of the family Blenniidae of coastal waters, esp of the genus Blennius, having a tapering scaleless body, a long dorsal fin, and long raylike pelvic fins
2.
any of various related fishes
Word origin
C18: from Latin blennius, from Greek blennos slime; from the mucus that coats its bodyblenny in American English
(ˈblɛni)
nounWord forms: plural ˈblennies or ˈblenny
any of various small marine percoid fishes (esp. family Blenniidae) with a long, many-rayed dorsal fin and a taperingbody covered with slime
Derived forms
blennioid (ˈblenniˌoid) (ˈblɛniˌɔɪd) adjective
Word origin
L blennius < Gr blennos < blenna, slime, mucusImage ofblenny
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Word lists withblenny
Types of fish- keep-ones-ear-to-the-ground
- keep oneself to oneself
- keep one's end up
- keep-ones-end-up
- keep one's eyes open (or peeled or skinned)
- keep-ones-eyes-open-or-peeled-or-skinned
- keep one's eyes peeled
- keep-ones-eyes-peeled
- keep one's eyes skinned
- keep-ones-eyes-skinned
- keep one's feet on the ground
- keep one's figure/lose one's figure
- keep-ones-figure-lose-ones-figure
- keep one's finger on the pulse
- keep-ones-finger-on-the-pulse
- keep one's fingers crossed
- keep-ones-fingers-crossed
- keep one's hand in
- keep-ones-hand-in
- keep-ones-hands-off-something-take-ones-hands-off-something
- keep one's hands off sth/take one's hands off sth
- keep one's head
- keep-ones-head
- keep one's head above water
- keep-ones-head-above-water