a bream (a sea-fish)

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• sea bream — noun 1. flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family Sparidae or the family Bramidae • Syn: ↑bream • Hypernyms: ↑saltwater fish • Part Holonyms: ↑bream 2. any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the… …   Useful english dictionary

• sea — n. 1 the expanse of salt water that covers most of the earth s surface and surrounds its land masses. 2 any part of this as opposed to land or fresh water. 3 a particular (usu. named) tract of salt water partly or wholly enclosed by land (the… …   Useful english dictionary

• Fish plate — This article relates to the type of Greek pottery. For the connection bar used in railways, see Fishplate. A fish plate is a Greek pottery vessel used by western, Hellenistic Greeks during the Fourth Century B.C. Although invented in Fifth… …   Wikipedia

• sea bream — /ˈsi brɪm/ (say see brim) noun (plural sea bream or sea breams) any marine sparoid food fish. Usage: For variation in the plural inflection, see note at fish1 …  

• Bream — is a general term for a number of species of freshwater and marine fish, mainly, but not exhaustively, drawn from the genera Abramis (e.g. A. brama , the carp bream); Acanthopagrus ; Argyrops ; Blicca ; Brama ; Etelis ; Lepomis ; Gymnocranius ;… …   Wikipedia

• 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}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Zo[ o]l) A European fresh water cyprinoid fish of the genus {Abramis}, little valued… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• sea bream — ► NOUN ▪ a deep bodied marine fish that resembles the freshwater bream …   English terms dictionary

• Fish of the Red Sea — Deepwater species= See the List of deep water fish of the Red SeaDemersal species*Ambassidae ** Ambassis gymnocephalus , Bald glassy ** Ambassis urotaenia , Banded tail glassy perchlet*Apistidae ** Apistus carinatus , Ocellated… …   Wikipedia

• bream — bream1 /brim, breem/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) bream, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) breams. 1. any of various freshwater fishes of the genus Abramis, as A. brama, of Europe, with a compressed, deep body and silvery scales. 2 …   Universalium

• fish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I v. angle; pull out, dredge; solicit; search. See pursuit, desire, fish, food. II Aquatic vertebrate animal Nouns 1. fish, denizen of the deep, Pisces; anadromous, freshwater or saltwater fish, tropical …   English dictionary for students

• Bream — /breem/, n. Julian (Alexander), born 1933, English guitarist and lutanist. * * * European food and game fish (Abramis brama) of the carp family (Cyprinidae). Found in lakes and slow rivers, the bream lives in schools and eats worms, mollusks, and …   Universalium