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silver bream

noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Meaning 1

A fish from any of several species:

Blicca bjoerkna (white bream), a freshwater species of cyprinids from Europe and Western Asia.

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Meaning 2

A fish from any of several species:

Pseudocaranx dentex (silver trevally, white trevally), marine species of jack widespread in tropical and warm temperate waters of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans, as well as the Mediterranean Sea.

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Meaning 3

A fish from any of several species:

Acanthopagrus australis (yellowfin bream, surf bream), eastern Australian sea breams.

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Meaning 4

A fish from any of several species:

Acanthopagrus berda (goldsilk sea bream), marine species of sea bream from the Indian Ocean

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Meaning 5

A fish from any of several species:

Acanthopagrus butcheri (southern black bream), marine and freshwater species of sea bream from southern Australia

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Meaning 6

A fish from any of several species:

Rhabdosargus sarba (goldlined sea bream), marine species of sea bream from the Indo-West Pacific

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Meaning 7

A fish from any of several species:

Bidyanus bidyanus (silver perch), freshwater species of grunters endemic to the Murray–Darling river system in southeastern Australia

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Meaning 8

A fish from any of several species:

Bidyanus welchi (Welch's grunter), freshwater species of grunters from Australia

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Meaning 9

A fish from any of several species:

Nemadactylus macropterus (tarakihi), marine species of morwong

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History

Etymology

From silver + bream.