pompano

pompano
Any of various fish, of the genera Trachinotus, Parona, or Zalocys, from coastal parts of the North Atlantic

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  • Pompano — 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}.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pompano — ☆ pompano [päm′pə nō΄ ] n. pl. pompano or pompanos [Sp pámpano, a kind of fish, tendril < L pampinus, tendril, young shoot] any of various edible, marine North American and West Indian jack fishes (esp. genus Trachinotus) with spiny fins and a …   English World dictionary

  • pompano — (n.) 1778, from Amer.Sp. pampano, used of various types of fish, from Spanish, originally vine, tendril, from L. pampinus tendril or leaf of a vine …   Etymology dictionary

  • Pompano — Taxobox name = Pompanos image caption = Florida pompano, Trachinotus carolinus regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Perciformes familia = Carangidae genus = Trachinotus genus authority = Lacépède, 1801 subdivision… …   Wikipedia

  • pompano — /pom peuh noh /, n., pl. (esp. collectively) pompano, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) pompanos. 1. a deep bodied food fish, Trachinotus carolinus, inhabiting waters off the South Atlantic and Gulf states. 2. a food fish,… …   Universalium

  • pompano — /ˈpɒmpənoʊ/ (say pompuhnoh) noun (plural pompano or pompanos) 1. a deep bodied Atlantic food fish of the genus Trachinotus. 2. a prized food fish, Palometus simillimus, of California. {American Spanish, from Spanish: vine tendril (probably… …  

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