Bream (n.) A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known. |
Bream (n.) An American fresh-water fish, of various species of Pomotis and allied genera, which are also called sunfishes and pondfishes. See Pondfish. |
Bream (n.) A marine sparoid fish of the genus Pagellus, and allied genera. See Sea Bream. |
Bream (v. t.) To clean, as a ship's bottom of adherent shells, seaweed, etc., by the application of fire and scraping. |
Bronze (a.) An alloy of copper and tin, to which small proportions of other metals, especially zinc, are sometimes added. It is hard and sonorous, and is used for statues, bells, cannon, etc., the proportions of the ingredients being varied to suit the particular purposes. The varieties containing the higher proportions of tin are brittle, as in bell metal and speculum metal. |
Bronze (a.) A statue, bust, etc., cast in bronze. |
Bronze (a.) A yellowish or reddish brown, the color of bronze |
Bronze (a.) Boldness |
Bronze (n.) To give an appearance of bronze to, by a coating of bronze powder, or by other means |
Bronze (n.) To make hard or unfeeling |
Carp (v. i.) To talk |
Carp (v. i.) To find fault |
Carp (v. t.) To say |
Carp (v. t.) To find fault with |
Carp (pl. ) of Carp |
Carp (n.) A fresh-water herbivorous fish (Cyprinus carpio.). Several other species of Cyprinus, Catla, and Carassius are called carp. See Cruclan carp. |
Common (v.) Belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to more than one |
Common (v.) Belonging to or shared by, affecting or serving, all the members of a class, considered together |
Common (v.) Often met with |
Common (v.) Not distinguished or exceptional |
Common (v.) Profane |
Common (v.) Given to habits of lewdness |
Common (n.) The people |
Common (n.) An inclosed or uninclosed tract of ground for pleasure, for pasturage, etc., the use of which belongs to the public |
Common (n.) The right of taking a profit in the land of another, in common either with the owner or with other persons |
Common (v. i.) To converse together |
Common (v. i.) To participate. |
Common (v. i.) To have a joint right with others in common ground. |
Common (v. i.) To board together |
Common sense () See Common sense, under Sense. |
Crucian carp () A kind of European carp (Carasius vulgaris), inferior to the common carp |
Phosphor-bronze (n.) A variety of bronze possessing great hardness, elasticity, and toughness, obtained by melting copper with tin phosphide. It contains one or two per cent of phosphorus and from five to fifteen per cent of tin. |
Sea bream () Any one of several species of sparoid fishes, especially the common European species (Pagellus centrodontus), the Spanish (P. Oweni), and the black sea bream (Cantharus lineatus) |
carp | any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae |
domestic carp Cyprinus carpio | large Old World freshwater bottom-feeding fish introduced into Europe from Asia, inhabits ponds and sluggish streams and often raised for food, introduced into United States where it has become a pest |
leather carp | scaleless domestic carp |
mirror carp | domestic carp with some large shining scales |
European bream Abramis brama | European freshwater fish having a flattened body and silvery scales, of little value as food |
common shiner silversides Notropis cornutus | the common North American shiner |
crucian carp Carassius carassius Carassius vulgaris | European carp closely resembling wild goldfish |
common canary Serinus canaria | native to the Canary Islands and Azores, popular usually yellow cage bird noted for its song |
common yellowthroat Maryland yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas | an American warbler |
common starling Sturnus vulgaris | gregarious bird having plumage with dark metallic gloss, builds nests around dwellings and other structures, naturalized worldwide |
common European jay Garullus garullus | fawnolored jay with black-and-white crest and blue-and-black wings |
common nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes | Old World nutcracker |
common newt Triturus vulgaris | small semiaquatic salamander |
common snapping turtle snapper Chelydra serpentina | large-headed turtle with powerful hooked jaws found in or near water, prone to bite |
common iguana iguana Iguana iguana | large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back, used as human food in Central America and South America |
common kingsnake Lampropeltis getulus | widespread in United States except northern regions, black or brown with yellow bands |
common garter snake Thamnophis sirtalis | a garter snake that is widespread in North America |
common water snake banded water snake Natrix sipedon Nerodia sipedon | in some classifications placed in the genus Nerodia, western United States snake that seldom ventures far from water |
adder common viper Vipera berus | small terrestrial viper common in northern Eurasia |
common scoter Melanitta nigra | a variety of scoter |
common brant goose Branta bernicla | the best known variety of brant goose |
common opossum Didelphis virginiana Didelphis marsupialis | omnivorous opossum of the eastern United States, noted for feigning death when in danger, esteemed as food in some areas, considered same species as the crab-eating opossum of South America |
common wallaby Macropus agiles | a small wallaby having a height ofinches |
common shrew Sorex araneus | common American shrew |
common roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides | intestinal parasite of humans and pigs |
common limpet Patella vulgata | marine limpet |
river limpet freshwater limpet Ancylus fluviatilis | minute conical gastropod superficially resembling a limpet but living and feeding on freshwater plants |
freshwater mussel freshwater clam | bivalve mollusk abundant in rivers of central United States |
common spoonbill Platalea leucorodia | pure white crested spoonbill of southern Eurasia and northeastern Africa |
common murre Uria aalge | the most frequent variety of murre |
finback finback whale fin whale common rorqual Balaenoptera physalus | large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat, of Atlantic and Pacific |
common dolphin Delphinus delphis | black-and-white dolphin that leaps high out of the water, |
pilot whale black whale common blackfish blackfish Globicephala melaena | small darkolored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States, the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school |
harbor seal common seal Phoca vitulina | small spotted seal of coastal waters of the northern hemisphere |
common lynx Lynx lynx | of northern Eurasia |
common louse Pediculus humanus | head or body louse |
common mosquito Culex pipiens | common house mosquito |
common wasp Vespula vulgaris | a variety of vespid wasp |
common pond-skater Gerris lacustris | a variety of water strider |
common booklouse Trogium pulsatorium | a variety of booklouse |
common European earwig Forficula auricularia | sometimes destructive to cultivated bulbs |
common zebra Burchell's zebra Equus Burchelli | of the plains of central and eastern Africa |
common eland Taurotragus oryx | dark fawnolored eland of southern and eastern Africa |
common raccoon common racoon coon ringtail Procyon lotor | North American raccoon |
common eel freshwater eel | eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to sea to spawn, found in Europe and America, marketed both fresh and smoked |
common American shad Alosa sapidissima | shad of Atlantic coast of North America, naturalized to Pacific coast |
freshwater bream bream | any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales, especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis |
freshwater bass | North American food and game fish |
sea bream bream | any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidae |
European sea bream Pagellus centrodontus | food fish of European coastal waters |