Bream definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary BREAM, n. A fish, the Cyprinus brama, an inhabitant of lakes and deep water, extremely insipid and little valued. BREAM, v.t. In sea language,to burn off the filth ... various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe [syn: bream, freshwater bream] 2: flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family Sparidae or the family Bramidae [syn: bream, sea bream] 3: any of numerous marine percoid fishes ...
sea bream definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: flesh of ... fishes of the family Sparidae or the family Bramidae [syn: bream, sea bream] 2: any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidae [syn: sea bream, bream] Merriam Webster's noun Date: circa 1530 bream 2a Webster's 1913 Dictionary Sea bream Sea" bream` ( ...
freshwater bream definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: flesh of ... various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe [syn: bream, freshwater bream] 2: any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having ... especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis [syn: freshwater bream, bream]
red-eyed bream definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Warmouth War"mouth, n. (Zo["o]l.) An American freshwater bream, or sunfish (Ch[ae]nobryttus gulosus); -- called also red-eyed bream.
copper-nosed bream definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Dollardee Dol`lar*dee", n ... the United States; -- called also blue sunfish, and copper-nosed bream.
black bream definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: important dark ... colored edible food and game fish of Australia [syn: black bream, Chrysophrys australis]
salt-water bream definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Sailor Sail"or, n. One ... States; -- called also porgy, squirrel fish, yellowtail, and salt-water bream. (b) A species of grunt (Orthopristis, or Pomadasys, chrysopterus), an ...
European bream definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: European freshwater ... and silvery scales; of little value as food [syn: European bream, Abramis brama]
old wife definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Sea bream Sea" bream` (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of sparoid ... Pagellus centrodontus), the Spanish (P. Oweni), and the black sea bream (Cantharus lineatus); -- called also old wife. Webster's 1913 Dictionary ... local name of various fishes, as the European black sea bream (Cantharus lineatus), the American alewife, etc. (c) (Zo["o]l ... local name of various fishes, as the European black sea bream (Cantharus lineatus), the American alewife, etc. (c) (Zo["o]l ...
... 1: food fish of European coastal waters [syn: European sea bream, Pagellus centrodontus] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Sea bream Sea" bream` (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of sparoid ... Pagellus centrodontus), the Spanish (P. Oweni), and the black sea bream (Cantharus lineatus); -- called also old wife. Webster's 1913 Dictionary ... Zo["o]l.) A European fish (Pagellus centrodontus); the sea bream or braise.