Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pompano"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.
Note: They have a brilliant silvery or golden luster, and are
highly esteemed as food fishes. The round pompano ({T.
thomboides}) and the Carolina pompano ({T. Carolinus})
are the most common. Other species occur on the Pacific
coast.
2. A California harvest fish ({Stromateus simillimus}),
highly valued as a food fish.
{Pompano shell} (Zo["o]l.), a small bivalve shell of the
genus {Donax}; -- so called because eaten by the pompano.
[Florida]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.