Found 2 items, similar to bream.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: bream
bream
n 1: flesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of
Europe [syn:
freshwater bream]
2: flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family
Sparidae or the family Bramidae [syn:
sea bream]
3: any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not
exclusively) of the family Sparidae [syn:
sea 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
]
v : clean (a ship's bottom) with heat
English → English (gcide)
Definition: bream
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.
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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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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.
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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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