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pompano
[ pom-puh-noh ]
noun
- Also Florida pompano. a deep-bodied food fish, Trachinotus carolinus, inhabiting coastal waters from New England to Brazil but mostly near Florida: a popular, fast-growing species in aquaculture.
- a food fish, Preprilus simillimus, of California.
pompano
/ ˈpɒmpəˌnəʊ /
noun
- any of several deep-bodied carangid food fishes of the genus Trachinotus, esp T. carolinus, of American coastal regions of the Atlantic
- a spiny-finned food fish, Palometa simillima, of North American coastal regions of the Pacific: family Stromateidae (butterfish, etc)
Word History and Origins
Origin of pompano1
Word History and Origins
Origin of pompano1
Example Sentences
Homicide detectives arrested Simon, 24, of Pompano Beach Tuesday night.
I consider the pompano to be the best food-fish in either salt or fresh water—the prince of food-fishes, it is incomparable.
There is another Spanish word pampano, more nearly resembling pompano in sound and spelling.
On their outside beaches, during the flood tide, the beach-fleas and pompano-shells come rolling in on every wave.
And this continues during the first half of the flood tide, during which time schools of pompano are feeding on them.
Some of the fish found here are choice and costly delicacies, and include red snapper, pompano, Spanish mackerel and sea trout.
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