Definition of Blennius

1. Noun. Type genus of the Blenniidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Blennius
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Blenniidae, Family Blenniidae
Member holonyms: Blennius Pholis, Shanny

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blennius

Blattella
Blattella germanica
Blattidae
Blattodea
Blavatskian
Blavatskyan
Blaí Briugu
Blechnaceae
Blechnum
Blechnum spicant
Blender
Blenheim
Blenheim spaniel
Blenniidae
Blennioidea
Blennius
Blennius pholis
Blephilia
Blephilia celiata
Blephilia hirsuta
Bleriot
Blessed
Blessed Trinity
Blessed Virgin
Bletia striata
Bletilla
Bletilla striata
Bleulerian
Blida
Bligh

Literary usage of Blennius

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1834)
"A slimy mucus is smeared over their skin, to which they owe their Greek name of blennius. Several are viviparous, and there is a tubercle near the anus of ..."

2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1904)
"... an abnormal number of rays, there being one Brittle-star with only four arms and twelve with fix arms each. 7. Noir, on the Eggs of the Shanny (blennius ..."

3. The Fisheries of the Adriatic and the Fish Thereof: A Report of the Austro by George Louis Faber (1883)
"Canestrini holds this to be a variety of the foregoing sp. 178. blennius ... blennius BASILISCUS, C. & V. Habit. Very rarely met with in the Adriatic. ..."

4. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1873)
"blennius gentilis (California) found at Rio Janeiro by Cunningham, Trans. Linn. ... blennius sordidus (Sandwich Islands) found in the Bay of Coquimbo by ..."

5. The Analyst: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, Natural History by William Holl, Neville Wood, Edward Mammatt (1836)
"Blenny, (blennius, Linn.) Ocellated Blenny blennius ocellaris, Blach. ... Montagu Blenny blennius galerita, Mont. Smooth Blenny blennius folis, Linn. ..."

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