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Definition of European bream
1. Noun. European freshwater fish having a flattened body and silvery scales; of little value as food.
Group relationships: Abramis, Genus Abramis
Generic synonyms: Bream, Freshwater Bream
Lexicographical Neighbors of European Bream
Literary usage of European bream
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"This species is found from Ken- European bream (Abramis brama). tucky to the
Canadian lakes.—The name of bream is given in Great Britain to several marine ..."
2. The Story of the Fishes by George Robert Charles Herbert Pembroke, James Newton Baskett, George Henry Kingsley (1899)
"The European bream belongs to a different family. Among those with short bodies
and no teeth o11 the tongue there are such common and important kinds as (1) ..."
3. The Story of the Fishes by James Newton Baskett (1899)
"The European bream belongs to a different family. Among those with short bodies
and no teeth on the tongue there are such common and important kinds as (1) ..."
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