freshwater bream — /frɛʃwɔtə ˈbrɪm/ (say freshwawtuh brim) noun (plural freshwater bream or freshwater breams) → golden perch. Usage: For variation in the plural inflection, see note at fish1 …
freshwater fish — noun flesh of fish from fresh water used as food • Hypernyms: ↑seafood • Hyponyms: ↑bream, ↑freshwater bream, ↑freshwater bass, ↑bass, ↑carp, ↑buffalofish, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
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 — bream1 [brēm] n. pl. bream or breams [ME breme < OFr bresme < Frank * brahsima: for IE base see BRAID] 1. a European freshwater cyprinoid fish (Abramis brama) 2. any of various porgy fishes (family Sparidae) ☆ 3. any of a number of… … English World dictionary
bream — (n.) freshwater fish, late 14c., from O.Fr. braisme bream, from Frankish *brahsima, from W.Gmc. *brahsm (Cf. O.H.G. brahsima), perhaps from P.Gmc. base *brehwan to shine, glitter, sparkle, from PIE *bherek (see BRAID (Cf. braid) (v.)) … Etymology dictionary
bream — ► NOUN (pl. same) ▪ a deep bodied greenish bronze freshwater fish. ORIGIN Old French bresme … English terms dictionary
Common bream — Bream redirects here. For other uses, see Bream (disambiguation). Abramis Brama redirects here. For the band, see Abramis Brama (band). Common bream Common bream (Abramis brama) Conservation st … 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
bream — I. noun (plural bream or breams) Etymology: Middle English breme, from Anglo French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German brahsima bream, Middle High German brehen to shine Date: 14th century 1. a bronze colored European freshwater… … New Collegiate Dictionary
bream — /brɪm / (say brim) noun (plural bream or breams) 1. in Australia, any of various marine sparid fishes of the genera Mylio and Acanthopagrus, highly prized as food and for sport, as the black bream, A. australis of eastern Australian waters. 2.… …
