Definition of Abramis

1. Noun. European fishes.

Exact synonyms: Genus Abramis
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Cyprinidae, Family Cyprinidae
Member holonyms: Abramis Brama, European Bream

Lexicographical Neighbors of Abramis

Abrahamization
Abrahamize
Abrahamized
Abrahamizes
Abrahamizing
Abrahamman
Abrahammen
Abrahams' sign
Abrahamyan
Abrahan
Abram
Abram-man
Abram-men
Abram cove
Abram men
Abramis
Abramis brama
Abramman
Abrammans
Abramov
Abrams' heart reflex
Abramsky
Abranchia
Abranchiata
Abrasax
Abrasax stone
Abrasax stones
Abraum salts
Abraxas
Abri Audit

Literary usage of Abramis

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

1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1834)
"abramis, Cuv. Have neither spines nor barbels ; their dorsal is short, placed behind the ventrals, and their anal is long. We have two species. ..."

2. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1864)
""Western Andes of Ecuador. ab. Types of the species, 31 lines long. From Mr. Fraser's Collection. 10. Tetragonopterus abramis. Jenyns, Zool. ..."

3. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1910)
"abramis sopa Pall., from Astrachan, falls in the same group as A. vimba on scale-characters, ... abramis is considered to he a hybrid between ..."

4. Fishing and Hunting on Russian Waters by Oskar Andreevich Grimm (1883)
"abramis brama L. —Found everywhere in fresh water and in the Sea of Azoff, ... abramis vimba L. — In the rivers and fresher parts oj the Baltic, ..."

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