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Definition of Shanny
1. Noun. European scaleless blenny.
Generic synonyms: Blenny, Combtooth Blenny
Group relationships: Blennius, Genus Blennius
Definition of Shanny
1. n. The European smooth blenny (Blennius pholis). It is olive-green with irregular black spots, and without appendages on the head.
Definition of Shanny
1. Noun. A fish, the prickleback. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shanny
1. a marine fish [n -NIES]
Medical Definition of Shanny
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Origin: Etymol. Uncertain.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shanny
Literary usage of Shanny
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1904)
"Noir, on the Eggs of the shanny (Blennius ... structure of the peculiarly modified
ovarian follicle of the shanny and the remarkable hardihood of the fish, ..."
2. The Life-histories of the British Marine Food-fishes by William Carmichael M'Intosh, Arthur Thomas Masterman (1897)
"THE shanny. (Blennius pholis, L.) Common as this fish is its eggs have not hitherto
received satisfactory attention, probably because they have been ..."
3. Tenby: A Sea-side Holiday by Philip Henry Gosse (1856)
"... Structure and Reproduction—Virgin Ascidia—Clavelina— Sand Launce—shanny—
Popular Nomenclature—Dictyota—Bryopsis—Levels of Organic ..."
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