Meanings
nounwhite bream (plural white breams or white bream)
plural white breams
- A European species of fish in the Cyprinidae family (Blicca bjoerkna, syn. Abramis bjoerkna, Cyprinus bjoerkna).
Synonyms: silver bream
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA European species of fish in the Cyprinidae family (Blicca bjoerkna, syn. Abramis bjoerkna, Cyprinus bjoerkna).
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Translations
Dutch blei
- bleiEuropean fish
Finnish pasuri
- pasuriEuropean fish
French petite brême
- petite brêmeEuropean fish
German Blei
- BleiEuropean fish
Greek βλίκα
- βλίκα (vlíka)European fish
Italian scardone, scardova
- scardoneEuropean fish
- scardovaEuropean fish
Polish krąp
- krąpEuropean fish
Russian густера́
- густера́ (gusterá)European fish
Spanish breca
- brecaEuropean fish
Swedish björkna
- björknaEuropean fish
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