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noun
Any of various carangid fish of genus Trachinotus or species Alectis ciliaris (African pompano), from coastal parts of the North Atlantic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A Pacific pompano, an edible butterfish of species Peprilus simillimus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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noun
any of several deep-bodied food fishes of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: carangid fish, carangid
Narrower terms: Florida pompano, Trachinotus carolinus, permit, Trachinotus falcatus
noun
flesh of pompano; warm-water fatty fish
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: saltwater fish
History
From Spanish pámpano (“Stromateus fiatola”). Compare pomfret.
Across languages
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