sea bream

noun

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By creating a kind of prehistoric food web, the researchers placed animals like sea bream (which eat mussels and crustaceans) at the bottom, followed by smaller sharks and extinct toothed whales the size of modern dolphins. Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025 For those who’d prefer to fully steer the ship, nigiri and sashimi highlights ($5 for one, $9 for two) include Japanese sea bream (tai), striped jack (shima aji), golden eye snapper (kinmedai), fatty bluefin (o-toro), and Hokkaido scallop (hotate). David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 5 June 2025 Out went the Coca-Cola and the ready meals, in came the sea bream, the sea bass, the spring chicken and the vegetables. Tom Williams, New York Times, 30 May 2025 The researchers found that sea bream, a fish that feeds on mussels and crustaceans, was at the bottom of their reconstructed chain, followed by smaller sharks from the Carcharhinus genus, up to 9.8 feet (3 meters) in length, and extinct toothed whales comparable in size to modern dolphins. Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 27 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for sea bream

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First Known Use

circa 1530, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sea bream was circa 1530

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“Sea bream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sea%20bream. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.

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