bream
A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known.
Other meanings
A species in that genus, Abramis brama.
An American fresh-water fish, of various species of Lepomis and allied genera, which are also called sunfishes and pondfishes.
Synonyms
- freshwater bream
Word history
From Old French "breme".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “bream” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.