Trachinotus falcatus n 1: large game fish; found in waters of the West Indies [syn: {permit}, {Trachinotus falcatus}]
Permit \Per*mit"\, n. [Cf. Sp. palamida a kind of scombroid fish.] (a) A large pompano ({Trachinotus goodei}) of the West Indies, Florida, etc. It becomes about three feet long. (b) The round pompano. ({Trachinotus falcatus}). [Local, U. S.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]