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shanny
CIDE DICTIONARY
shanny, n. [Etymol. uncertain.].
The European smooth blenny (Blennius pholis ). It is olive-green with irregular black spots, and without appendages on the head. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
shanny, n. (pl. -ies) a long-bodied olive-green European marine fish, Blennius pholis.
Etymology
19th c.: orig. unkn.: cf. 18th-c. shan
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