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Meaning of POMFRET

Pronunciation:  'pâmfrit

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  deep-bodied sooty-black pelagic spiny-finned fish of North Atlantic and North Pacific; valued for food
 
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 Synonyms: Brama raii
 
 See Also: Brama, bream, genus Brama, sea bream

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pom"fret\, n. [Perhaps corrupt. fr. Pg. pampano a kind
of fish.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) One of two or more species of marine food fishes of the
    genus {Stromateus} ({S. niger}, {S. argenteus}) native of
    Southern Europe and Asia.
(b) A marine food fish of Bermuda ({Brama Raji}).
 

 

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