blenny
noun
any of several fishes of the family Blenniidae and related families, especially of the genus Blennius, having a long, tapering body and small pelvic fins inserted before the pectoral fins.
blennies
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pluralof blenny.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"On the seabed of the river Fal, Cornwall, amongst beautiful pink maerl, many blennies have chosen to use discarded glass bottles as a shelter."
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2024
It opened in 1934 near the Ballard Locks, featuring Alaska stickleback, pipe fish, yellow-banded perch, blennies and cultus cod, according to HistoryLink.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
In his initial research, Dr Casewell read fang blenny studies carried out in the 1970s, where larger, predatory fish were "introduced" to the fang blennies.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2017
"They took the fang blennies into their mouths, then quickly started quivering and opened their mouths again," Dr Casewell described.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2017
I traded in guano, train-oil, Australian blennies, pitch, and other more or less unclean things.
From The Song of Songs by Hermann Sudermann
