About The Word Bream
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Bream
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What's The Definition Of Bream?
[n] any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis
[n] any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidae [n] flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the families Sparidae or Bramidae [n] flesh of any of various freshwater fishes of the families Centrarchidae of North America or Cyprinidae of Europe [v] clean a ship bottom with heat Synonyms | Synonyms for Bream: freshwater bream | freshwater bream | sea bream | sea bream Related Terms | Find terms related to Bream: See Also | Abramis brama | Archosargus rhomboidalis | Atlantic sea bream | black bream | bluegill | Brama raii | bream | bream | centrarchid | Chrysophrys australis | clean | European bream | European sea bream | freshwater fish | Lepomis macrochirus | Lepomis punctatus | make clean | order Perciformes | order Percomorphi | Pagellus centrodontus | Perciformes | percoid | percoid fish | percoidean | Percomorphi | pomfret | porgy | saltwater fish | spotted sunfish | stumpknocker | sunfish Bream In Webster's Dictionary \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}.
\Bream\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Breamed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Breaming}.] [Cf. {Broom}, and G. ein schiff brennen.] (Naut.) To clean, as a ship's bottom of adherent shells, seaweed, etc., by the application of fire and scraping. |
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