Abramis

noun

Ab·​ra·​mis

ˈabrəmə̇s

: a genus of fishes (family Cyprinidae) including the European freshwater bream

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek, a kind of mullet

First Known Use

circa 1834, in the meaning defined above

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