Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bream"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rosefish \Rose"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A large marine scorp[ae]noid food fish ({Sebastes marinus})
found on the northern coasts of Europe and America. called
also {red perch}, {hemdurgan}, {Norway haddok}, and also,
erroneously, {snapper}, {bream}, and {bergylt}.
Note: When full grown it is usually bright rose-red or
orange-red; the young are usually mottled with red and
ducky brown.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sunfish \Sun"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A very large oceanic plectognath fish ({Mola mola}, {Mola
rotunda}, or {Orthagoriscus mola}) having a broad body
and a truncated tail.
(b) Any one of numerous species of perch-like North American
fresh-water fishes of the family {Centrachid[ae]}. They
have a broad, compressed body, and strong dorsal spines.
Among the common species of the Eastern United States are
{Lepomis gibbosus} (called also {bream}, {pondfish},
{pumpkin seed}, and {sunny}), the blue sunfish, or
dollardee ({L. pallidus}), and the long-eared sunfish
({L. auritus}). Several of the species are called also
{pondfish}.
(c) The moonfish, or bluntnosed shiner.
(d) The opah.
(e) The basking, or liver, shark.
(f) Any large jellyfish.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pondfish \Pond"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of American fresh-water fishes
belonging to the family {Centrarchid[ae]}; -- called also
{pond perch}, and {sunfish}.
Note: The common pondfish of New England ({Lepomis gibbosus})
is called also {bream}, {pumpkin seed}, and {sunny}.
See {Sunfish}. The long-eared pondfish ({Lepomis
auritus}) of the Eastern United States is distinguished
by its very long opercular flap.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bream \Bream\, n. [OE. breme, brem, F. br[^e]me, OF. bresme, of
German origin; cf. OHG. brahsema, brahsina, OLG. bressemo, G.
brassen. Cf. {Brasse}.]
1. (Zo["o]l) A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the
genus {Abramis}, little valued as food. Several species
are known.
2. (Zo["o]l) An American fresh-water fish, of various species
of {Pomotis} and allied genera, which are also called
{sunfishes} and pondfishes. See {Pondfish}.
3. (Zo["o]l) A marine sparoid fish of the genus {Pagellus},
and allied genera. See {Sea Bream}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bream \Bream\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Breamed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Breaming}.] [Cf. {Broom}, and G. ein schiff brennen.]
(Naut.)
To clean, as a ship's bottom of adherent shells, seaweed,
etc., by the application of fire and scraping.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bream
n 1: flesh of any of various freshwater fishes of the families
Centrarchidae of North America or Cyprinidae of Europe
[syn: {freshwater bream}]
2: flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the families
Sparidae or Bramidae [syn: {sea bream}]
3: any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not
exclusively) of the family Sparidae [syn: {sea bream}]
4: any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes
having compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially (but
not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis [syn: {freshwater
bream}]
v : clean a ship bottom with heat
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