Found 2 items, similar to Pompano.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pompano
pompano
n 1: flesh of pompano; warm-water fatty fish
2: any of several deep-bodied food fishes of western Atlantic
and Gulf of Mexico
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pompano
Pompano
\Pom"pa*no\, n. [Sp. p['a]mpano.] [Written also
pampano.] (Zo["o]l.)
1. Any one of several species of marine fishes of the genus
Trachynotus, of which four species are found on the
Atlantic coast of the United States; -- called also
palometa.
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Note: They have a brilliant silvery or golden luster, and are
highly esteemed as food fishes. The round pompano
(
Trachynotus thomboides) and the Carolina pompano
(
Trachynotus Carolinus) are the most common. Other
species occur on the Pacific coast.
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2. A California harvest fish (
Stromateus simillimus),
highly valued as a food fish.
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Pompano shell (Zo["o]l.), a small bivalve shell of the
genus
Donax; -- so called because eaten by the pompano.
[Florida]
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