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[1] : 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 centrarchidae; -- called also
   pond perch, and sunfish.
   1913 webster

   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
see also:
centrarchidae pond perch sunfish lepomis gibbosus bream pumpkin seed 
sunny sunfish lepomis auritus 
[2] : 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.
   1913 webster

   note: when full grown it is usually bright rose-red or
         orange-red; the young are usually mottled with red and
         ducky brown.
         1913 webster
see also:
sebastes marinus red perch hemdurgan norway haddok snapper bream 
bergylt 
[3] : 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.
       1913 webster
see also:
mola mola mola rotunda orthagoriscus mola centrachidae lepomis gibbosus bream 
pondfish pumpkin seed sunny lepomis pallidus lepomis auritus 

[4] : 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.
   1913 webster
see also:
breamed breaming broom 
[5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
bream \bream\, n. oe. breme, brem, f. br^eme, of. bresme, of
   german origin; cf. ohg. brahsema, brahsina, olg. bressemo, g.
   brassen. cf. brasse.
   1913 webster
   1. zool. a european fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus
      abramis, little valued as food. several species are
      known.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
brasse abramis pomotis sunfishes pondfish pagellus 
sea bream 
[6] : WordNet (r) 2.0
bream
     n 1: flesh of various freshwater fishes of north america or of
          europe syn: freshwater bream
     2: flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family
        sparidae or the family bramidae syn: sea bream
     3: any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially but not
        exclusively of the family sparidae syn: sea 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
     v : clean a ship's bottom with heat
see also:
freshwater bream sea bream freshwater bream 

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