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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
bream
    n 1: flesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of
         Europe [syn: bream, freshwater bream]
    2: flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family
       Sparidae or the family Bramidae [syn: bream, sea bream]
    3: any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not
       exclusively) of the family Sparidae [syn: sea bream,
       bream]
    4: any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes
       having compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially (but
       not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis [syn: freshwater
       bream, bream]
    v 1: clean (a ship's bottom) with heat

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pondfish \Pond"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
   Any one of numerous species of American fresh-water fishes
   belonging to the family Centrarchid[ae]; -- called also
   pond perch, and sunfish.
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   Note: The common pondfish of New England (Lepomis gibbosus)
         is called also bream, pumpkin seed, and sunny.
         See Sunfish. The long-eared pondfish (Lepomis
         auritus) of the Eastern United States is distinguished
         by its very long opercular flap.
         [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Rosefish \Rose"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
   A large marine scorpaenoid food fish (Sebastes marinus)
   found on the northern coasts of Europe and America. called
   also red perch, hemdurgan, Norway haddok, and also,
   erroneously, snapper, bream, and bergylt.
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   Note: When full grown it is usually bright rose-red or
         orange-red; the young are usually mottled with red and
         ducky brown.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sunfish \Sun"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
   (a) A very large oceanic plectognath fish (Mola mola, Mola
       rotunda, or Orthagoriscus mola) having a broad body
       and a truncated tail.
   (b) Any one of numerous species of perch-like North American
       fresh-water fishes of the family Centrachidae. They
       have a broad, compressed body, and strong dorsal spines.
       Among the common species of the Eastern United States are
       Lepomis gibbosus (called also bream, pondfish,
       pumpkin seed, and sunny), the blue sunfish, or
       dollardee (Lepomis pallidus), and the long-eared
       sunfish (Lepomis auritus). Several of the species are
       called also pondfish.
   (c) The moonfish, or bluntnosed shiner.
   (d) The opah.
   (e) The basking, or liver, shark.
   (f) Any large jellyfish.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bream \Bream\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Breamed; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Breaming.] [Cf. Broom, and G. ein schiff brennen.]
   (Naut.)
   To clean, as a ship's bottom of adherent shells, seaweed,
   etc., by the application of fire and scraping.
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6. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.]
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   1. (Zool.) A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus
      Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are
      known.
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   2. (Zool.) An American fresh-water fish, of various species
      of Pomotis and allied genera, which are also called
      sunfishes and pondfishes. See Pondfish.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. (Zool.) A marine sparoid fish of the genus Pagellus, and
      allied genera. See Sea Bream.
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