combtooth blenny

noun

Any of the perciform marine fish of the family Blenniidae, with large spiny dorsal fins.

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Meanings

nouncombtooth blenny (plural combtooth blennies)

plural combtooth blennies

  1. Any of the perciform marine fish of the family Blenniidae, with large spiny dorsal fins.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsmall usually scaleless fishes with comb-like teeth living about rocky shores; are territorial and live in holes between rocks

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blennioid fishblennioid
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