noun
tropical American fishes; males are aggressively defensive of their territory
• Hypernyms: ↑blennioid fish, ↑blennioid
• Hyponyms: ↑bluethroat pikeblenny, ↑Chaenopsis ocellata
• Member Holonyms: ↑Chaenopsis, ↑genus Chaenopsis
* * *
/puyk"blen'ee/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) pikeblenny, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) pikeblennies.
any of several tropical American clinid fishes of the genus Chaenopsis, as C. ocellata (bluethroat pikeblenny), the male of which is noted for its aggressive behavior in defending its territory.
[PIKE1 + BLENNY]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.