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FRESHWATER BREAM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis
Synonyms:
bream; freshwater bream
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("freshwater bream" is a kind 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)
Meronyms (parts of "freshwater bream"):
bream; freshwater bream (flesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "freshwater bream"):
Abramis brama; European bream (European freshwater fish having a flattened body and silvery scales; of little value as food)
bluegill; Lepomis macrochirus (important edible sunfish of eastern and central United States)
Lepomis punctatus; spotted sunfish; stumpknocker (inhabits streams from South Carolina to Florida; esteemed panfish)
Holonyms ("freshwater 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 various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe
Synonyms:
bream; freshwater bream
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("freshwater bream" is a kind of...):
freshwater fish (flesh of fish from fresh water used as food)
Holonyms ("freshwater bream" is a part 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)
