COMBTOOTH BLENNY
Dictionary entry overview: What does combtooth blenny mean? • COMBTOOTH BLENNY (noun)
The noun COMBTOOTH BLENNY has 1 sense:
1. small usually scaleless fishes with comb-like teeth living about rocky shores; are territorial and live in holes between rocks
Familiarity information: COMBTOOTH BLENNY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• COMBTOOTH BLENNY (noun)
Meaning:
Small usually scaleless fishes with comb-like teeth living about rocky shores; are territorial and live in holes between rocks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
blenny; combtooth blenny
Hypernyms ("combtooth blenny" is a kind of...):
blennioid; blennioid fish (elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "combtooth blenny"):
Blennius pholis; shanny (European scaleless blenny)
Molly Miller; Scartella cristata (inhabits both coasts of tropical Atlantic)
Holonyms ("combtooth blenny" is a member of...):
Blenniidae; family Blenniidae (a family of fish including: combtooth blennies)
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