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Bream

noun

(pl. bream)

Flesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe. Synonym: freshwater bream.

Flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family Sparidae or the family Bramidae. Synonym: sea bream.

Any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidae. Synonym: sea bream.

Any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis. Synonym: freshwater bream.

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... on the streets, where men are ready to cook for him over their braseros of charcoal and venders are near at hand to offer preserved fruits, the famous almond rock, almond soup, truffled turkey, or the most desirable of the season's delicacies,—sea-bream, which is brought from Cadiz especially for Christmas use, and which is eaten at Christmas in accordance with the old-time custom. Nuts of all kinds are abundant. By the side of the streets, venders of chestnuts—the finest in the world—lean against their clumsy ...

— Yule-Tide in Many Lands • Mary P. Pringle and Clara A. Urann

Words linked to "Bream" : order Perciformes, sunfish, spotted sunfish, black bream, Chrysophrys australis, clean, Lepomis macrochirus, European sea bream, saltwater fish, percoid, sea bream, freshwater fish, Abramis brama, porgy, order Percomorphi, make clean, Percomorphi, Archosargus rhomboidalis, bluegill, Atlantic sea bream, Pagellus centrodontus, Perciformes, pomfret, percoid fish, freshwater bream, Lepomis punctatus, Brama raii, centrarchid, stumpknocker, percoidean