Blĕn'ny, n.

noun

n. [Lat. blennius, blendius, blendea, Gr. βλέννος, βλέννα, from βλεννα, slime.] (Ichth.) A fish of different species, usually of small size, of the genus Blennius, and family Blenniidæ: — so called from the shining mucus with which their skin is clothed. S. F. Baird.

An engraved illustration of an Ocellated Blenny or Butterfly-fish. — Ocellated Blenny or Butterfly-fish (*Blennius ocellarius*).