Freshwater definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary FRESH'WATER, a. 1. Accustomed to sail on freshwater only, or in the coasting trade; as a freshwater sailor. 2. Raw; unskilled. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: water that is not salty [syn: fresh water, freshwater] [ant: brine, saltwater, seawater] Merriam Webster's I. noun Date ... Date: 1528 1. of, relating to, being, or living in freshwater 2. accustomed to navigating only in inland waters < a freshwater sailor >; also unskilled 3. inland and usually provincial < a ...
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 compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis [syn: freshwater bream, bream]
freshwater clam definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: bivalve mollusk abundant in rivers of central United States [syn: freshwater mussel, freshwater clam]
freshwater limpet definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: minute ... gastropod superficially resembling a limpet but living and feeding on freshwater plants [syn: river limpet, freshwater limpet, Ancylus fluviatilis]
freshwater bass definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus) [syn: freshwater bass, bass] 2: North American food and game fish
freshwater mussel definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: bivalve mollusk abundant in rivers of central United States [syn: freshwater mussel, freshwater clam]
... WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: flesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe [syn: bream, freshwater bream] 2: flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of ... syn: sea bream, bream] 4: any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis [syn: freshwater bream, bream] v 1: clean (a ship's bottom) with ... to shine Date: 14th century 1. a bronze-colored European freshwater cyprinid fish (Abramis brama); broadly any of various related fishes ... the porgy — called also sea bream b. any of various freshwater sunfishes (Lepomis and related genera); especially bluegill II. transitive ...
... syn: sea bass, bass] 5: any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus) [syn: freshwater bass, bass] 6: the lowest adult male singing voice [syn ... 8: nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes Merriam Webster's I. noun (plural bass ... Date: before 12th century any of numerous edible marine or freshwater bony fishes (especially families Centrarchidae, Serranidae, and Percichthyidae of the ... American marine fish, Morone saxatilis. 3 any of various American freshwater fish, esp. Micropterus salmoides. Etymology: earlier barse f. OE bćrs ...
... definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a delicious freshwater food fish [syn: brook trout, speckled trout] 2: North American freshwater trout; introduced in Europe [syn: brook trout, speckled trout, Salvelinus ... water char (Salvelinus fontinalis) of North America Britannica Concise Popular freshwater game fish (Salvelinus fontinalis), a variety of char, valued for ... many parts of the world. It lives in cold, clean freshwater and carries dark, wormlike markings on the back and red ...
... graméh Date: 1878 any of numerous African and Asian tropical freshwater bony fishes (order Perciformes): as a. a large Asian food ... in aquariums Oxford Reference Dictionary n. 1 a a large freshwater fish, Osphronemus goramy, native to SE Asia, used as food ... Osphronemidae, usu. kept in aquariums. 2 any small brightly coloured freshwater fish of the family Belontiidae, usu. kept in aquariums. Also ... mi, n. (Zo["o]l.) A very largo East Indian freshwater fish (Osphromenus gorami), extensively reared in artificial ponds in tropical ...