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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pondfish \Pond"fish'\, noun (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of American fresh-water fishes belonging to the family {Centrarchid[ae]}; -- called also {pond perch}, and {sunfish}.
Note: The common pondfish of New England ({Lepomis gibbosus}) is called also {bream}, {pumpkin seed}, and {sunny}. See {Sunfish}. The long-eared pondfish ({Lepomis auritus}) of the Eastern United States is distinguished by its very long opercular flap.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Rosefish \Rose"fish'\, noun (Zo["o]l.) A large marine scorp[ae]noid food fish ({Sebastes marinus}) found on the northern coasts of Europe and America. called also {red perch}, {hemdurgan}, {Norway haddok}, and also, erroneously, {snapper}, {bream}, and {bergylt}.
Note: When full grown it is usually bright rose-red or orange-red; the young are usually mottled with red and ducky brown.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sunfish \Sun"fish'\, noun (Zo["o]l.) (a) A very large oceanic plectognath fish ({Mola mola}, {Mola rotunda}, or {Orthagoriscus mola}) having a broad body and a truncated tail. (b) Any one of numerous species of perch-like North American fresh-water fishes of the family {Centrachid[ae]}. They have a broad, compressed body, and strong dorsal spines. Among the common species of the Eastern United States are {Lepomis gibbosus} (called also {bream}, {pondfish}, {pumpkin seed}, and {sunny}), the blue sunfish, or dollardee ({L. pallidus}), and the long-eared sunfish ({L. auritus}). Several of the species are called also {pondfish}. (c) The moonfish, or bluntnosed shiner. (d) The opah. (e) The basking, or liver, shark. (f) Any large jellyfish.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bream \Bream\, noun [OE. breme, brem, F. br[^e]me, OF. bresme, of German origin; cf. OHG. brahsema, brahsina, OLG. bressemo, G. brassen. Cf. {Brasse}.]
1. (Zo["o]l) A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus {Abramis}, little valued as food. Several species are known.
2. (Zo["o]l) An American fresh-water fish, of various species of {Pomotis} and allied genera, which are also called {sunfishes} and pondfishes. See {Pondfish}.
3. (Zo["o]l) A marine sparoid fish of the genus {Pagellus}, and allied genera. See {Sea Bream}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bream \Bream\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Breamed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Breaming}.] [Cf. {Broom}, and G. ein schiff brennen.] (Naut.) To clean, as a ship's bottom of adherent shells, seaweed, etc., by the application of fire and scraping.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
bream
noun
1: flesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe [syn: {freshwater bream}]
2: flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family Sparidae or the family Bramidae [syn: {sea bream}]
3: any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidae [syn: {sea bream}]
4: any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis [syn: {freshwater bream}]
verb: clean (a ship's bottom) with heat
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