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sea bream

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sea bream

–noun
1. any of numerous marine sparid fishes, as Pagellus centrodontus, inhabiting waters off the coasts of Europe.
2. a porgy, Archosargus rhomboidalis, inhabiting the Atlantic Ocean.

Origin:
1520–30
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sea bream  
n.  Any of various marine food fishes of the family Sparidae or Bramidae, especially a sparid fish (Archosargus rhomboidalis) of western Atlantic coastal waters.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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