sea bream

sea bream

n.1. Any of various marine food fishes of the family Sparidae, especially Archosargus rhomboidalis of western Atlantic coastal waters.2. Any of various other fishes, especially of the family Bramidae.

sea bream

n (Animals) any sparid fish, esp Pagellus centrodontus, of European seas, valued as a food fish

sea′ bream`

n. any of various porgies, as Archosargus rhomboidalis, inhabiting the Atlantic Ocean. [1520–30]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sea bream - flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family Sparidae or the family Bramidaebreamsea bream, bream - any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidaesaltwater fish - flesh of fish from the sea used as food
	2.	sea bream - any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidaebreamorder Perciformes, order Percomorphi, Perciformes, Percomorphi - one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tunapercoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order PerciformesBrama raii, pomfret - deep-bodied sooty-black pelagic spiny-finned fish of the northern Atlantic and northern Pacific; valued for foodporgy - important deep-bodied food and sport fish of warm and tropical coastal waters; found worldwideEuropean sea bream, Pagellus centrodontus - food fish of European coastal watersArchosargus rhomboidalis, Atlantic sea bream - sea bream of warm Atlantic watersblack bream, Chrysophrys australis - important dark-colored edible food and game fish of Australiasea bream, bream - flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family Sparidae or the family Bramidae

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