Common name | Ewa blenny |
Language | English |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | Hawaii |
Locality | |
Ref. | Randall, J.E., 1985 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | primary lexeme |
1st modifier | locality/area |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | 'blenny' from Latin 'blennius', i.e., a sea fish (Ref. 11978), from Greek 'blennos', i.e., slime, a fish allied to 'kôbios'; Ewa is a place name west of Honolulu used as a direction term (p. 42 in Ref. 10340). |