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freshwater bream

DEFINITIONS OF: freshwater bream

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n any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis

Synonyms:
bream
Types:
Abramis brama, European bream
European freshwater fish having a flattened body and silvery scales; of little value as food
Lepomis macrochirus, bluegill
important edible sunfish of eastern and central United States
Lepomis punctatus, spotted sunfish, stumpknocker
inhabits streams from South Carolina to Florida; esteemed panfish
Type of:
centrarchid, sunfish
small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed

n flesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe

Synonyms:
bream
Type of:
freshwater fish
flesh of fish from fresh water used as food
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