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bream | python |

As nouns the difference between bream and python

is that bream is a european fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus abramis , little valued as food several species are known while python is a type of large constricting snake.

As a verb bream

is (nautical) to clean (eg a ship's bottom of clinging shells, seaweed, etc) by the application of fire and scraping.

bream

English

(wikipedia bream)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) braisme (compare French (compare Dutch brasem).

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis , little valued as food. Several species are known.
  • (British) A species in that genus, Abramis brama .
  • An American fresh-water fish, of various species of and allied genera, which are also called sunfishes and pondfishes.
  • A marine sparoid fish of the genus Pagellus , and allied genera. See sea bream.
  • Synonyms
    * (Abramis brama) carp bream
    Derived terms
    * silver bream * white bream

    Anagrams

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    Etymology 2

    Compare (broom), and (etyl) brennen (as in ein Schiff brennen ).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (nautical) To clean (e.g. a ship's bottom of clinging shells, seaweed, etc.) by the application of fire and scraping.
  • python

    English

    Proper noun

    (wikipedia Python) (en proper noun)
  • (Greek mythology) The earth-dragon of Delphi, represented as a serpent, killed by Apollo.
  • * 1995 , Gordon MacDonald Kirkwood, A Short Guide to Classical Mythology , page 11,
  • Here Apollo killed a serpent called the Python', and established a great prophetic shrine. Sometimes it is said that the Titaness Themis had the shrine before him, and this, as well as the killing of the ' Python , suggests that Apollo took over a place already of religious significance, associated with chthonic (i.e., earth) powers.
  • * 2000 , Otar Lordkipanidze, Phasis: The River and City in Colchis , page 70,
  • It would seem, therefore, that what we have on the Phasian phiale is the Python' coiled round the omphalos.Paintings on Greek pottery and coins have preserved many an example of gods seated on an omphalos, including those of Apollo, Nike, Asclepius and others.413 ' Python on the omphalos must have carried some symbolic meaning.
  • * 2005 , M. A. Dwight, Taylor Lewis, Grecian and Roman Mythology , page 183,
  • Python', says Bailey, is derived from Putho to putrify, and the serpent '''Python''' being slain by Apollo, is thus interpreted: by ' Python is understood the ruin of the waters ; Apollo slew this serpent with his arrows ; that is, the beams of the sun dispersed the noxious vapours, which destroyed man like a devouring serpent.
  • A programming language invented by Guido van Rossum, named after Monty Python .
  • (informal) The British comedy troupe .
  • A member of Monty Python': Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones or Michael Palin; referred to collectively as ''The '''Pythons .
  • John Cleese is perhaps the best-known of the Pythons .

    See also

    * python

    Anagrams

    * ----