HyperDic: freshwater_bream

English > 2 senses of the expression freshwater bream:
NOUNfoodfreshwater bream, breamflesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe
animalfreshwater bream, breamany of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales
English > freshwater bream: 2 senses > noun 1, food
Meaningflesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe.
Synonymbream
Part offreshwater bream, breamAny of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales
Broaderfreshwater fishflesh of fish from fresh water used as food
Spanishbrema
Catalanbrema
English > freshwater bream: 2 senses > noun 2, animal
MeaningAny of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis.
Synonymbream
Member ofPerciformes, order Perciformes, Percomorphi, order PercomorphiOne of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water
Partsbream, freshwater breamflesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe
NarrowerEuropean bream, Abramis bramaEuropean freshwater fish having a flattened body and silvery scales
bluegill, Lepomis macrochirusImportant edible sunfish of eastern and central United States
spotted sunfish, stumpknocker, Lepomis punctatusInhabits streams from South Carolina to Florida
Broadersunfish, centrarchidsmall carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster

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