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Definition of Blennius
1. Noun. Type genus of the Blenniidae.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Blenniidae, Family Blenniidae
Member holonyms: Blennius Pholis, Shanny
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blennius
Literary usage of Blennius
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1834)
"A slimy mucus is smeared over their skin, to which they owe their Greek name of
Blennius. Several are viviparous, and there is a tubercle near the anus of ..."
2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1904)
"... an abnormal number of rays, there being one Brittle-star with only four arms
and twelve with fix arms each. 7. Noir, on the Eggs of the Shanny (Blennius ..."
3. The Fisheries of the Adriatic and the Fish Thereof: A Report of the Austro by George Louis Faber (1883)
"Canestrini holds this to be a variety of the foregoing sp. 178. Blennius ...
Blennius BASILISCUS, C. & V. Habit. Very rarely met with in the Adriatic. ..."
4. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1873)
"Blennius gentilis (California) found at Rio Janeiro by Cunningham, Trans. Linn.
... Blennius sordidus (Sandwich Islands) found in the Bay of Coquimbo by ..."
5. The Analyst: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, Natural History by William Holl, Neville Wood, Edward Mammatt (1836)
"Blenny, (Blennius, Linn.) Ocellated Blenny Blennius ocellaris, Blach. ...
Montagu Blenny Blennius galerita, Mont. Smooth Blenny Blennius folis, Linn. ..."
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