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Blenny

noun
(pl. blennies)
1.
Small usually scaleless fishes with comb-like teeth living about rocky shores; are territorial and live in holes between rocks.  Synonym: combtooth blenny.



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"Blenny" Quotes from Famous Books



... has been the wonder of every natural philosopher whose attention has been attracted to the subject. They are in general oviparous, or egg-producing; but there are a few, such as the eel and the blenny, which are viviparous, or produce their young alive. The males have the milt and the females the roe; but some individuals, as the sturgeon and the cod tribes, are said to contain both. The greater number deposit their spawn in the sand or gravel; but some of those which dwell in ...
— The Book of Household Management • Mrs. Isabella Beeton



Words linked to "Blenny" :   Molly Miller, Blenniidae, shanny, Blennius pholis, bracketed blenny, family Blenniidae, blennioid fish, Scartella cristata, combtooth blenny, blennioid



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