a small spiny-finned marine fish with scaleless skin and a blunt head, typically living in shallow inshore or intertidal waters 鳚鱼
Family Blennidae: several genera, in particular Blennius 鳚科:数属,尤指鳚属 ■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)]
语源
mid 18th cent.: from Latin blennius, from Greek blennos 'mucus' (because of its mucous coating)