Meaning of POMPANO
| Pronunciation: | | 'pâmpu`now
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- [n] any of several deep-bodied food fishes of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
- [n] flesh of pompano; warm-water fatty fish
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| | See Also: | | carangid, carangid fish, Florida pompano, genus Trachinotus, permit, pompano, pompano, saltwater fish, Trachinotus, Trachinotus carolinus, Trachinotus falcatus | |
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| | Definition: | | \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}.
Note: They have a brilliant silvery or golden luster, and are
highly esteemed as food fishes. The round pompano ({T.
thomboides}) and the Carolina pompano ({T. Carolinus})
are the most common. Other species occur on the Pacific
coast.
2. A California harvest fish ({Stromateus simillimus}),
highly valued as a food fish.
{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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