BREAM

bream

Noun

  1. A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known.
  2. A species in that genus, Abramis brama.
  3. An American fresh-water fish, of various species of and allied genera, which are also called sunfishes and pondfishes.
  4. A marine sparoid fish of the genus Pagellus, and allied genera. See sea bream.

Verb

  1. To clean (e.g. a ship's bottom of clinging shells, seaweed, etc.) by the application of fire and scraping.


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