Hypertext Webster Gateway: "blenny"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Blenny \Blen"ny\, n.; pl. {Blennies}. [L. blennius, blendius,
blendea, Gr. ?, fr. ? slime, mucus.] (Zo["o]l.)
A marine fish of the genus {Blennius} or family
{Blenniid[ae]}; -- so called from its coating of mucus. The
species are numerous.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

blenny
n : small usually scaleless fishes with comb-like teeth living
about rocky shores; territorial and hole-dwelling [syn: {combtooth
blenny}]


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