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.

sea bream

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of sea bream¹

First recorded in 1520–30

Example Sentences

Recently she found that sea bream larvae are extremely vulnerable to extreme heat—they can’t move much to escape warm waters, but young fish are very good at surviving them.

From Popular-Science

The migration of produce,” as Ooe coins it, “moves north in the warmer months, much like the sea bream.

From The Daily Beast

Bisuccho, in Portuguese Besugo, the sea-bream (Sparus cantabricus).

From Project Gutenberg

A number of small parrot-fish, sea-bream, and mottled cod at once appeared and devoured the fragments.

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Soon after, it fell calm; and being in forty-two fathom water, the people caught a few sea-bream.

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Shad, sea-bream and codfish, garnished with onions, are served cold.

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Chrysopbris cardinalis, a kind of sea-bream,—generally esteemed the best of Japanese fishes.

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