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snakeblenny

snakeblenny

9.9
A small thin fish with a snake-like body that lives in cold northern seas
  • noun
  • /ˈsneɪkˌblɛni/
  • UK
: blénido
  • The snakeblenny is well adapted to the cold Arctic waters it inhabits.

Examples

  • Researchers found a snakeblenny swimming among the rocks near the coast.

  • Fishermen sometimes catch a snakeblenny by accident while searching for other species.

  • The snakeblenny can be found in cold northern waters.

  • Have you ever seen a snakeblenny in the wild?

  • Fishermen sometimes catch a snakeblenny by accident while searching for other species.

  • Researchers found a snakeblenny swimming among the rocks near the coast.

  • The snakeblenny is well adapted to the cold Arctic waters it inhabits.

Synonyms

Lumpenus lumpretaeformis
vssnakeblenny
  • Specialized
9.9

A fish that lives in cold Arctic and northern Atlantic waters

has identical meaning but is the common everyday name

How Elongated

eel
65 1.0
snakeblenny
  • UK
9.9
goby
3 8.2
blenny
1 9.9

Surface Forms

snakeblenny singular
snakeblennies plural

Morphology

snakeblenny = snake + blenny (transparent) = snake + blenny

The compound is a straightforward combination of 'snake' + 'blenny' meaning a blenny that is snake-like; the sense is directly inferable from its parts.

Etymology

Snakeblenny comes from the words snake and blenny, where snake means 'snake-like' and blenny names a 'small fish'. So a snakeblenny is a long, thin fish that looks like a snake and lives in cold northern waters.