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pom·pa·no  (pmp-n)

n. pl. pompano or pom·pa·nos

Any of several marine food fishes of the genus Trachinotus, especially T. carolinus, of tropical and temperate Atlantic waters, having a silvery oblong body with a bluish back.

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[American Spanish pámpano, any of several kinds of fish, from Spanish, vine tendril, a kind of fish with golden markings, from Latin pampinus, vine tendril.]

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pompano [ˈpɒmpəˌnəʊ]

n pl -no, -nos

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of several deep-bodied carangid food fishes of the genus Trachinotus, esp T. carolinus, of American coastal regions of the Atlantic

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a spiny-finned food fish, Palometa simillima, of North American coastal regions of the Pacific: family Stromateidae (butterfish, etc.)

[from Spanish pámpano type of fish, of uncertain origin]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pompano - flesh of pompano; warm-water fatty fish pompano - any of several deep-bodied food fishes of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico saltwater fish - flesh of fish from the sea used as food
	2.	pompano - any of several deep-bodied food fishes of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico carangid, carangid fish - a percoid fish of the family Carangidae genus Trachinotus, Trachinotus - a genus of Carangidae 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 pompano - flesh of pompano; warm-water fatty fish