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Definition of Brama raii
1. Noun. Deep-bodied sooty-black pelagic spiny-finned fish of the northern Atlantic and northern Pacific; valued for food.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brama Raii
Literary usage of Brama raii
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1866)
"But one species of this genus is known, brama raii. M. Cuvier mentions the
Mediterranean as the ... Brama, Raii measures from about 1 to 2 feet in length ..."
2. Transactions by Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society, Norwick Eng, Thomas Southwell, Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society (1879)
"... than any of those recorded from Norfolk, in Stevenson's " Birds of Norfolk,"
vol. ii, p. 43.—JHG 3 Ray's bream. (brama raii. Bl.) Only two other Norfolk ..."
3. A History of British Fishes by William Yarrell (1841)
"In the autumn of 1834, I saw no less than nine examples of brama raii in the
museums of Edinburgh, ..."
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