·noun A marine sparoid fish of the genus Pagellus, and allied genera. ·see Sea Bream.
II. Bream ·vt To clean, as a ship's bottom of adherent shells, seaweed, ·etc., by the application of fire and scraping.
III. Bream ·noun A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known.
IV. Bream ·noun An American fresh-water fish, of various species of Pomotis and allied genera, which are also called sunfishes and pondfishes.
·see Pondfish.