Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The smooth blenny, Blennius (or Pholis) lævis, a fish of an oblong form with a smooth skin, and without filaments or appendages to the head.
  • Giddy; foolish.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) The European smooth blenny (Blennius pholis). It is olive-green with irregular black spots, and without appendages on the head.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A fish, the prickleback.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun European scaleless blenny

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  • It's a fish.

    January 1, 2012

  • C'mon, is it a shanny or a blenny?

    January 28, 2014