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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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