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| bream [ breem, brim ] (plural bream or breams) |
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1. thin-bodied freshwater fish: a freshwater fish that has a deep thin body and is yellowish in color. Native to: Europe, Asia. Latin name Abramis brama.
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2. freshwater fish like bream: a freshwater fish that resembles the bream. Native to: North America, introduced into Europe and Asia. Genus Lepomis.
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3. fish
Same as sea bream (sense 2)
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4. food: the flesh of a bream as food
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| [14th century. < Old French bre(s)me< Germanic] |
