Pompano

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

pompano
    n 1: flesh of pompano; warm-water fatty fish
    2: any of several deep-bodied food fishes of western Atlantic
       and Gulf of Mexico

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Pompano \Pom"pa*no\, n. [Sp. p['a]mpano.] [Written also
   {pampano}.] (Zool.)
   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}.
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   Note: They have a brilliant silvery or golden luster, and are
         highly esteemed as food fishes. The round pompano
         ({Trachynotus thomboides}) and the Carolina pompano
         ({Trachynotus Carolinus}) are the most common. Other
         species occur on the Pacific coast.
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   2. A California harvest fish ({Stromateus simillimus}),
      highly valued as a food fish.
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   {Pompano shell} (Zool.), a small bivalve shell of the genus
      {Donax}; -- so called because eaten by the pompano.
      [Florida]
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