Definition of Blennioidea

1. Noun. Blennies; butterfishes; gunnels.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Blennioidea

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

Literary usage of Blennioidea

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

1. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"... and Blennioidea. In those types we have in some a tendency to flattening of the head, of anterior development of the dorsal fin, a simple basis cranii, ..."

2. A Manual of the Vertebrate Animals of the Northern United States: Including by David Starr Jordan (1904)
"E. blennioidea Rafinesque. GREEN-SIDED DARTER. Body elongate, little compressed, the. head thick, its profile very convex; eyes large, high up, ..."

3. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission by United States Fish Commission (1905)
"Group Blennioidea. Body more or less elongate, naked or with .scales, large or small; ventral fins small, more or less advanced in position, often wanting, ..."

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