pompano

/ˈpɑmpəˌnoʊ/
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Other forms: pompanos

Definitions of pompano
  1. noun
    any of several deep-bodied food fishes of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
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    types:
    Florida pompano, Trachinotus carolinus
    found in coastal waters New England to Brazil except clear waters of West Indies
    Trachinotus falcatus, permit
    large game fish; found in waters of the West Indies
    type of:
    carangid, carangid fish
    a percoid fish of the family Carangidae
  2. noun
    flesh of pompano; warm-water fatty fish
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    type of:
    saltwater fish
    flesh of fish from the sea used as food
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