Pompano
noun ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Any of various carangid fish of genus Trachinotus or species Alectis ciliaris (African pompano), from coastal parts of the North Atlantic.
- 2 any of several deep-bodied food fishes of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico wordnet
- 3 A Pacific pompano, an edible butterfish of species Peprilus simillimus. US
"Monsieur Ratignolle was prepared to take things seriously; the mets, the entre-mets, the service, the decorations, even the people. He looked up from his pompano and inquired of Arobin if he were related to the gentleman of that name who formed one of the firm of Laitner and Arobin, lawyers."
- 4 flesh of pompano; warm-water fatty fish wordnet
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More examples"Monsieur Ratignolle was prepared to take things seriously; the mets, the entre-mets, the service, the decorations, even the people. He looked up from his pompano and inquired of Arobin if he were related to the gentleman of that name who formed one of the firm of Laitner and Arobin, lawyers."
Etymology
From Spanish pámpano (“Stromateus fiatola”). Compare pomfret.
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