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Definition of Sea bream

1. Noun. Flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family Sparidae or the family Bramidae.

2. Noun. Any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidae.

Definition of Sea bream

1. Noun. any of several species of marine fish of the families ''Sparidae'' or ''Bramidae'' found in Atlantic waters ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Sea bream

1. Any one of several species of sparoid fishes, especially the common European species (Pagellus centrodontus), the Spanish (P. Oweni), and the black sea bream (Cantharus lineatus); called also old wife. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sea Bream

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sea blubber sea boat sea bottom sea boy sea boys sea bream (current term) sea breams sea breeze sea bug sea cabbage

sea cabbages sea calf sea campion sea canaries sea canary sea captain sea cat sea catfish sea change

Literary usage of Sea bream

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of the Fishes of the British Islands by Jonathan Couch (1868)
"ON the 2nd. of September, 1843, a fisherman of Polperro took with one of his ordinary baits a sea bream, which he presently discerned never before to have ..."

2. Neuman and Baretti's Dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages by Henry Neuman, Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti (1842)
"sea bream, or red gilt head- :— т aj~ A. ,_ „._ j., i ™. a fish frequent m the Buy of Biscay. ... Red sea bream. ..."

3. The Sea-fisherman: Comprising the Chief Methods of Hook and Line Fishing in by James Carrall Wilcocks (1868)
"The Sea-Bream, Brim, Chad-Brain, or Red Gilt-Head, for by all these names it is known, is very numerous on the coasts of England, &c., and is frequently ..."

4. The Sea-fisherman: Comprising the Chief Methods of Hook and Line Fishing in by James C. Wilcocks (1884)
"The Sea-Bream, Brim, Chad-Brain, or Red Gilt-Head, for by all these names it is known, is very numerous on the coasts ..."

5. The Sea-fisherman: Comprising the Chief Methods of Hook and Line Fishing in by James C. Wilcocks (1884)
"7 HE SEA-BREAM. THE BRILL. (Rhombus vulgaris.) The Brill, like the Turbot, is a bank-frequenting fish, and is commonly caught in the trawl-net, ..."

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