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noun, plural (especially collectively) bream, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) breams.
1.
any of various freshwater fishes of the genus Abramis, as A. brama, of Europe, with a compressed, deep body and silvery scales.
2.
any of various related and similar fishes.
3.
any of several porgies, as the sea bream, Archosargus rhomboidalis.
4.
any of several freshwater sunfishes of the genus Lepomis.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English breme < Anglo-French; Old French bresme, braisme < Old Low Franconian *brahsima; compare Old High German brahsema, Dutch brasem
1350–1400; Middle English breme < Anglo-French; Old French bresme, braisme < Old Low Franconian *brahsima; compare Old High German brahsema, Dutch brasem
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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| bream or (Austral) brim1 (briːm, brɪm) | |
| —n , pl bream, brim | |
| 1. | any of several Eurasian freshwater cyprinid fishes of the genus Abramis, esp A. brama, having a deep compressed body covered with silvery scales |
| 2. | white bream, silver bream a similar cyprinid, Blicca bjoerkna |
| 3. | short for sea bream |
| 4. | (Austral) any of various marine fishes |
| [C14: from Old French bresme, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German brahsema; perhaps related to brehan to glitter] | |
| brim or (Austral) brim1 | |
| —n | |
| [C14: from Old French bresme, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German brahsema; perhaps related to brehan to glitter] | |
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bream
freshwater fish, late 14c., from O.Fr. braisme "bream," from Frank. *brahsima, from W.Gmc. *brahsm- (cf. O.H.G. brahsima), perhaps from P.Gmc. base *brehwan "to shine, glitter, sparkle," from PIE *bherek- (see braid).
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