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EUROPEAN BREAM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does European bream mean?
• EUROPEAN BREAM (noun)
The noun EUROPEAN BREAM has 1 sense:
1. European freshwater fish having a flattened body and silvery scales; of little value as food
Familiarity information: EUROPEAN BREAM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
European freshwater fish having a flattened body and silvery scales; of little value as food
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Abramis brama; European bream
Hypernyms ("European bream" is a kind of...):
bream; freshwater bream (any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis)
Holonyms ("European bream" is a member of...):
Abramis; genus Abramis (European fishes)
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