"blenny" meaning in English

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      "word": "βλέννος"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "fish of Blenniodei",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bavosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "fish of Blenniodei",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "blênio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "morskája sobáčka",
      "sense": "fish of Blenniodei",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "морска́я соба́чка"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "blenny"
  ],
  "word": "blenny"
}