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noun, plural blen·nies.
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.
Origin:
1745–55; < Latin blennius a kind of fish < Greek blénnos slime, mucus; so called from its slimy coating
1745–55; < Latin blennius a kind of fish < Greek blénnos slime, mucus; so called from its slimy coating
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Blenny
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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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blenny
1774, from L. blennius (in Pliny), from Gk. blennos, from blenna "slime, mucus," of unknown origin; the fish so called from the coating on its scales.
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