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blennioid

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any member of the true blennies of the suborder Blennioidei.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: blennioid fish

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: percoid fish, percoid, percoidean

Narrower terms: blenny, combtooth blenny, clinid, clinid fish, pikeblenny, gunnel, bracketed blenny, prickleback, wrymouth, ghostfish, Cryptacanthodes maculatus, wolffish, wolf fish, catfish, eelpout, pout

History

Etymology

From blenny + -oid.