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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:

Nouns denoting animals

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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