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Definition of bream

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Rosefish Rose"fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.) A large marine scorp[ae]noid food fish (Sebastes marinus) found on the northern coasts of Europe and America. called also red perch, hemdurgan, Norway haddok, and also, erroneously, snapper, bream, and bergylt. Note: When full grown it is usually bright rose-red or orange-red; the young are usually mottled with red and ducky brown.
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Sunfish Sun"fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A very large oceanic plectognath fish (Mola mola, Mola rotunda, or Orthagoriscus mola) having a broad body and a truncated tail. (b) Any one of numerous species of perch-like North American fresh-water fishes of the family Centrachid[ae]. They have a broad, compressed body, and strong dorsal spines. Among the common species of the Eastern United States are Lepomis gibbosus (called also bream, pondfish, pumpkin seed, and sunny), the blue sunfish, or dollardee (L. pallidus), and the long-eared sunfish (L. auritus). Several of the species are called also pondfish. (c) The moonfish, or bluntnosed shiner. (d) The opah. (e) The basking, or liver, shark. (f) Any large jellyfish.
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Pondfish Pond"fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of American fresh-water fishes belonging to the family Centrarchid[ae]; -- called also pond perch, and sunfish. Note: The common pondfish of New England (Lepomis gibbosus) is called also bream, pumpkin seed, and sunny. See Sunfish. The long-eared pondfish (Lepomis auritus) of the Eastern United States is distinguished by its very long opercular flap.
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Bream Bream, n. [OE. breme, brem, F. br[^e]me, OF. bresme, of German origin; cf. OHG. brahsema, brahsina, OLG. bressemo, G. brassen. Cf. Brasse.] 1. (Zo["o]l) A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known. 2. (Zo["o]l) An American fresh-water fish, of various species of Pomotis and allied genera, which are also called sunfishes and pondfishes. See Pondfish. 3. (Zo["o]l) A marine sparoid fish of the genus Pagellus, and allied genera. See Sea Bream.

Meaning of bream from wikipedia

- Bream (/ˈbriːm/, US also /ˈbrɪm/ ) are species of freshwater fish belonging to a variety of genera including Abramis (e.g., A. brama, the common bream)...
- Shannon Noelle Bream (née DePuy; born December 23, 1970) is an American journalist and attorney who is a host of Fox News Sunday on Fox News. She is also...
- Julian Alexander Bream CBE (15 July 1933 – 14 August 2020) was an English classical guitarist and lutenist. Regarded as one of the most distinguished...
- The common bream (Abramis brama), also known as the freshwater bream, bream, bronze bream, carp bream or sweaty bream, is a European species of freshwater...
- Sidney Eugene Bream (born August 3, 1960) is an American former professional baseball first baseman. From 1983 through 1994, he pla**** in Major League...
- Yellowfin bream, yellow bream, yellow sea bream, or yellowfin sea bream are the common names for several species of sea breams with very similar appearances:...
- Look up bream in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A bream is a common name for numerous species of fish, particularly Abramis brama. Bream may mean: Black...
- Bream is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Freda Bream (1918–1996), New Zealand novelist Henry T. Bream (1899–1990), American minor...
- Silver bream is the common name of several species of fish: Blicca bjoerkna (white bream), freshwater species of cyprinids from Europe and Western Asia...
- The gilt-head bream (Sparus aurata) , also known as the gilthead, gilt-head seabream or silver seabream, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging...