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government bream

noun

Definition of government bream

: a highly esteemed food fish (Lutjanus sebae) dwelling on the bottom of tropical Australian seas and marked when young by an arrangement of scarlet bands resembling a broad arrow

History and Etymology for government bream

so called from the fact that its markings suggest the broad arrow placed on government materials by the British Board of Ordnance

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