blenny

How To Use blenny In A Sentence

• The blennies seem to be halfway between our shanny and tompot blenny; they have no crest on top of their heads but are big and quite colourful.
• Some of the fishes are of a European type, such as the roach, the barbel, and the blenny; others are markedly Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Out of its hole it resembles a tompot blenny in shape, but without the antlers and the smile.
• Near the edge of the sea you'll find fiddler crab, ragworm and shore crab, sea mice and tiny blenny fish. Times, Sunday Times
• This is the yellow-faced blenny, often found in old tubeworm casts and even discarded shells.
• Should the fly alight at too great a distance for even a second leap, the blenny moves slowly towards it like a cat to its prey, or like a jumping spider; and, as soon as it gets within two or three inches of the insect, by a sudden spring contrives to pop its underset mouth directly over the unlucky victim. A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries
• Hiding in a red sponge I found a little blenny which modelled for me like a professional.
• There are several other species to look out for, including the less-common Yarrels blenny, the black-faced blenny, the shanny and the butterfish.
• On top of a rock, a blenny is transfixed, unsure whether to swim off or remain still against the background that no longer serves as camouflage.
• They are in general oviparous, or egg-producing; but there are a few, such as the eel and the blenny, which are viviparous, or produce their young alive. The Book of Household Management