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SEA BREAM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidae
Synonyms:
bream; sea bream
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sea bream" is a kind of...):
percoid; percoid fish; percoidean (any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes)
Meronyms (parts of "sea bream"):
bream; sea bream (flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family Sparidae or the family Bramidae)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sea bream"):
Brama raii; pomfret (deep-bodied sooty-black pelagic spiny-finned fish of the northern Atlantic and northern Pacific; valued for food)
porgy (important deep-bodied food and sport fish of warm and tropical coastal waters; found worldwide)
European sea bream; Pagellus centrodontus (food fish of European coastal waters)
Archosargus rhomboidalis; Atlantic sea bream (sea bream of warm Atlantic waters)
black bream; Chrysophrys australis (important dark-colored edible food and game fish of Australia)
Holonyms ("sea bream" is a member of...):
order Perciformes; order Percomorphi; Perciformes; Percomorphi (one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family Sparidae or the family Bramidae
Synonyms:
bream; sea bream
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("sea bream" is a kind of...):
saltwater fish (flesh of fish from the sea used as food)
Holonyms ("sea bream" is a part of...):
bream; sea bream (any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidae)
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