Blenny

Definition: Blenny

Blenny

Noun

1. Small usually scaleless fishes with comb-like teeth living about rocky shores; territorial and hole-dwelling.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Etymology: Blenny \Blen"ny\, noun; plural Blennies. [Latin expression blennius, blendius, blendea, Greek, from slime, mucus.]. (references)

Synonym: Blenny

Crosswords: Blenny

A Seaweed Blenny. Credit: Sanctuaries.

An Orange Tessellated Blenny. Credit: Sanctuaries.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Expressions using "blenny": bracketed blenny ♦ combtooth blenny. Additional references.

Danish

blodstribet slimfisk (blood-striped blenny), trehale-slimfisk (triple-fin blenny), tangkvabbe (red-speckled blenny), stribet slimfisk (tompot blenny), slangekvabbe (snake blenny), påfugleslimfisk (peacock blenny), ferskvandstangkvabbe (freshwater blenny), en art trehale-slimfisk (triple-fin blenny), en art slimfisk (tompot blenny), ålekvabbe (burbot, eel pout, eelpout, viviparous blenny, viviparous eelpout), øjeplettet tangkvabbe (butterfly blenny). (various references)

Dutch

baardmannetje (snake blenny), vlinderslijmvis (butterfly blenny), roodgestreepte slijmvis (blood-striped blenny), rivierslijmvis (freshwater blenny), puitaal (eelpout, viviparous blenny, viviparous eelpout), pauwslijmvis (peacock blenny), gewone slijmvis (red-speckled blenny), gehoornde slijmvis (tompot blenny), drievinnige slijmvis (triple-fin blenny). (various references)

Finnish

riikinkukkolimakala (peacock blenny), purjelimakala (butterfly blenny), partanilkka (bearded brotula, snake blenny), limakala-laji (triple-fin blenny), kivinilkka (eelpout, viviparous blenny, viviparous eelpout), jokilimakala (freshwater blenny), isolimakala (tompot blenny), harmaalimakala (blood-striped blenny). (various references)

French

blennie-paon (peacock blenny), blennie vivipare (viviparous blenny), blennie sanguine (blood-striped blenny), blennie papillon (butterfly blenny), blennie ocellée (butterfly blenny), blennie gattorugine (rock blenny, tompot blenny), blennie fluviatile (freshwater blenny), baveuse papillon (butterfly blenny), baveuse (butterfly blenny, freshwater blenny, peacock blenny, red-speckled blenny, rock blenny, tompot blenny), triptérygion � bec (triple-fin blenny), mordocet (red-speckled blenny), loquette (viviparous blenny), donzelle (snake blenny), cagnette (freshwater blenny), \ELP (viviparous blenny). (various references)

German

Blutstriemen-Schleimfisch (blood-striped blenny), Bartmännchen (snake blenny), Spitzkopfschleimfisch (triple-fin blenny), Seeschmetterling (butterfly blenny), Süßwasser-Schleimfisch (freshwater blenny), Pfauenschleimfisch (peacock blenny), Gestreifter Schleimfisch (tompot blenny), Fluß-Schleimfisch (freshwater blenny), Dreiflossenschleimfisch (triple-fin blenny), Aalmutter (eelpout, viviparous blenny, viviparous eelpout). (various references)

Greek 

σκυλόψαρο (dog fish, sea dog), σαλιάρης (blood-striped blenny, butterfly blenny, peacock blenny, shanny, tompot blenny), σαλιάρα (bib), γιλάρι (lingcod, snake blenny), γλινός (blood-striped blenny, butterfly blenny, peacock blenny, tompot blenny), μαρκόβα (freshwater blenny), παπαγάλος (parrot), ποταμοσαλιάρα (freshwater blenny), χέλλισα (snake blenny), φουσκοχειλόχελο (eelpout, viviparous blenny, viviparous eelpout), λεβέρα (blood-striped blenny, butterfly blenny, tompot blenny), ταινιοσαλιάρα (tompot blenny). (various references)

Italian

blennio viviparo (eelpout, viviparous blenny, viviparous eelpout), bavosa sanguigna (blood-striped blenny), bavosa ruggine (tompot blenny), bavosa peparuolo (triple-fin blenny), bavosa pavone (peacock blenny), bavosa occhiuta (butterfly blenny), bavosa insanguinata (red-speckled blenny), bavosa (peacock blenny, rock blenny, shanny, tompot blenny), peperoncino (chilli, hot pepper), galletto (chicken, chockerel, cockerel), cagnetto (doggy). (various references)

Manx

foillican marrey (butter blenny). (various references)

Pig Latin

ennyblay.(various references)

Portuguese

peixe-cobrelo (snake blenny), peixe-carneiro europeu (eelpout, viviparous blenny, viviparous eelpout), marachomba-pavao (peacock blenny), marachomba-pavão (peacock blenny), marachomba-borboleta (butterfly blenny), marachomba salpicado (blood-striped blenny), marachomba de água doce (freshwater blenny), marachomba babosa (tompot blenny), cabrito (goatling, kid), caboz (chub, miller's thumb). (various references)

Spanish

blenio de río (freshwater blenny), babosa vivípara (eelpout, viviparous blenny, viviparous eelpout), babosa sanguinolenta (blood-striped blenny), babosa ocelada (butterfly blenny), babosa de tres aletas (triple-fin blenny), babosa de río (freshwater blenny), babosa (slug), torillo (Andalusian hemipode, butterfly blenny), gallerbo (peacock blenny), fraile (friar), doncella barbada (snake blenny), cabruza (tompot blenny). (various references)

Swedish

blodslemfisk (blood-striped blenny, freshwater blenny), trippelfena (triple-fin blenny), tånglake (pout), slemfisk (tompot blenny), påfågelsslemfisk (peacock blenny), ormfisk (snake blenny), havsfjäril (butterfly blenny). (various references)

Blennius fluviatilis, Blennius gattorugine, Blennius ocellaris, Blennius pholis, Blennius sanguinolentus, Lipophrys pavo, Ophidion barbatum, Parablennius gattorugine, Parablennius sanguinolentus, Salaria fluviatilis, Tripterygion nasus, Tripterygion tripteronotum, Zoarces viviparus. (various references)

Misspellings

"Blenny" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Blankney, Bleaney, bleany, blen, bleng, bleni, blennie, Blenyth, blinn, blinny. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: benny.

-3 letters: bel, ben, bey, bye, ley, lye, neb, yen.

-4 letters: be, by, el, en, ne, ye.

+2 letters: benignly.

+4 letters: biennially, blarneying, insensibly, undeniably.

+5 letters: abstinently, banteringly, benignantly, bipinnately, inalienably, indefinably, innumerably, lingonberry, nonverbally, unendurably.