copper bream, noun phrase

Origin:: Named for its colouring, see quotation 1949.

1949 J.L.B. Smith Sea Fishes of Sn Afr. 276Pachymetopon aeneum...Hottentot. Bluefish. Copper Bream...Fresh from the water of great beauty, with cobalt blue head and blue-streaked bronzy yellow body.

1989 Stanger Mail 19 May 11Second prize (R40) was won by S Thulsi with a copper bream of 1,8kg.

bronze bream.

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copper, nounn.corallodendron, nounn.

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