any sparid fish, esp Pagellus centrodontus, of European seas, valued as a food fish
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sea′ bream′,
- Fishany of numerous marine sparid fishes, as Pagellus centrodontus, inhabiting waters off the coasts of Europe.
- Fisha porgy, Archosargus rhomboidalis, inhabiting the Atlantic Ocean.
- 1520–30
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