sea bream

noun

any of numerous marine sparid fishes, as Pagellus centrodontus, inhabiting waters off the coasts of Europe.

a porgy, Archosargus rhomboidalis, inhabiting the Atlantic Ocean.

Origin of sea bream

First recorded in 1520–30

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Examples from the Web for sea bream

Historical Examples of sea bream

Shad, sea-bream and codfish, garnished with onions, are served cold.
The Story of Seville
Walter M. Gallichan
A number of small parrot-fish, sea-bream, and mottled cod at once appeared and devoured the fragments.
Rdan The Devil And Other Stories
Louis Becke
Bisuccho, in Portuguese Besugo, the sea-bream (Sparus cantabricus).
A Journal of the First Voyage of Vasco da Gama 1497-1499
Unknown
Chrysopbris cardinalis, a kind of sea-bream,—generally esteemed the best of Japanese fishes.
Shadowings
Lafcadio Hearn

British Dictionary definitions for sea bream

sea bream

noun

any sparid fish, esp Pagellus centrodontus, of European seas, valued as a food fish

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