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blenny

/blen-ee/US // ˈblɛn i //UK // (ˈblɛnɪ) //

雌雄同体,雌雄大盗,雌雄莫辩,雌黄

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural blen·nies.

    • : any of several fishes of the family Blenniidae and related families, especially of the genus Blennius, having a long, tapering body and small pelvic fins inserted before the pectoral fins.

Examples

  • The Large Blenny (B. gattorugine) inhabits deeper water, chiefly off the south-west coast, and reaches a length of a foot or more.

  • He describes how in the embryo of the Blenny there is a short, thick arch between the first gill-slit and the mouth.

  • A curious little blenny-fish swarms in the numerous creeks which intersect the mangrove topes.

  • It was a small fish—a familiar fish, too—which he had known in the pools of his native land by the name of blenny.

  • Seeing that the coast was clear, for Disco stood as motionless as a mangrove tree, blenny hopped upon the dry land.