bream

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  1. noun Any of several European freshwater fishes of the genus Abramis, especially A. brama, having a flattened body and silvery scales.
  2. noun A similar fish, especially:
  3. noun Any one of various saltwater fishes in the family Sparidae, such as the porgy.
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  • Lake Talquin is one of the best largemouth bass lakes during the winter, But if you want to catch specs, bream, and redear sunfish Lake Talquin is the place to be! —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • Lake Talquin is one of the best largemouth bass lakes during the winter, But if you want to catch specs, bream, and redear sunfish Lake Talquin is the place to be! mark fleagle has 24 articles online. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • Tilapia and sea bream are nice, but that's not what we ordered.
  • Expect good classic fish and chips and a sprinkling of more restauranty options like sea bream, also various starters from the Greek restaurant tradition. —  Evening Standard - Home
  • But it is schools of saddled bream, the new proprietors of the ship, that swim in through the hatches to the hold. —  Turkish Press
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  1. Middle English breme, from Old French, of Germanic origin.
  2. From Middle Dutch brem(e), furze, broom.

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  1. from Middle English breem, breme, from Old French bresme, French bréme, from Old High German brahsima, brahsina, Middle High German brasem, brahsen, Germanbrassen = Old Saxon bressemo = Dutch brasem = Old Swedish braxn, SW. braxen = Danish brasen, a bream; from the same source as barse = bass; cf. brasse.
  2. Prob., like the equivalent broom, connected with broom, Dutchbrem, furze, from the materials commonly used.
  3. from Middle English as if *breme = Old High German bremo, Middle High German brem, masculine, German breme, feminine; the same, without the formative -s, as brimse: see brimse and breeze.
 

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