Akademik

Blennioidea

noun

blennies; butterfishes; gunnels

• Syn: ↑suborder Blennioidea

• Hypernyms: ↑animal order

• Member Holonyms: ↑Perciformes, ↑order Perciformes, ↑Percomorphi, ↑order Percomorphi

• Member Meronyms:

↑blennioid fish, ↑blennioid, ↑Blenniidae, ↑family Blenniidae, ↑Clinidae, ↑family Clinidae, ↑Pholidae, ↑family Pholidae, ↑family Pholididae, ↑Stichaeidae, ↑family Stichaeidae, ↑Anarhichadidae, ↑family Anarhichadidae, ↑Zoarcidae, ↑family Zoarcidae

* * *

\\ˌblenēˈȯidēə\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Blennius + -oidea

: a suborder of Percomorphi that includes the Blenniidae and other families of blennies and comprises marine fishes with the pectoral fins large but the pelvic fins reduced or absent, scales partially or wholly lacking, and a usually elongated body often specialized for tide pool existence

Useful english dictionary. 2012.