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Pompano

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noun. Any of several marine carangid food fishes chiefly of the genus Trachinotus, especially T. carolinus of western Atlantic waters, having a silvery oblong body with a bluish back.

noun. A butterfish (Peprilus simillimus) of Pacific coastal waters of North America.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

noun. A carangoid fish of the West Indies and South Atlantic and Gulf States, Trachynotus carolinus, attaining a length of about 18 inches, and highly esteemed for food.

noun. In California, a fish, Stromateus simillimus, abundant in summer along the coast, and highly esteemed for food.

noun. Along the western coast of Florida, a gerroid fish, Gerres olisthostoma.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

noun. 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.

noun. A California harvest fish (Stromateus simillimus), highly valued as a food fish.

noun. a small bivalve shell of the genus Donax; -- so called because eaten by the pompano.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

noun. Any of various fish, of the genera Trachinotus, Parona, or Zalocys, from coastal parts of the North Atlantic

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noun. any of several deep-bodied food fishes of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico

noun. flesh of pompano; warm-water fatty fish

Word Usage

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saltwater fish

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palometa