blenny
/ˈblenɪ/noun
(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。
1.1
- Family Blennidae: several genera, in particular Blennius.鳚科：数属,尤指鳚属。
1.2
- 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）］。
词源
mid 18th cent.: from Latin blennius, from Greek blennos 'mucus' (because of its mucous coating).