blenny

blenny
(pl. -ies)
  1. a small spiny-finned marine fish with scaleless skin and a blunt head, typically living in shallow inshore or intertidal waters
    鳚鱼
  2. Family Blennidae: several genera, in particular Blennius
    鳚科:数属,尤指鳚属
    ■used in names of other small fishes that resemble or are related to the true blennies, e.g. eel blenny
    [用于类似鳚鱼或与真正鳚鱼相近的其他小鱼名称,如eel blenny(鳗鳚)]
语源
  1. mid 18th cent.: from Latin blennius, from Greek blennos 'mucus' (because of its mucous coating)
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