pompano

American  

[pom-puh-noh] / ˈpɒm pəˌnoʊ /

noun

• pompano,
  plural
• pompanos
  plural

1. 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.

2. a food fish, Preprilus simillimus, of California.

3. coquina.

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pompano British  

/ ˈpɒmpəˌnəʊ /

noun

1. any of several deep-bodied carangid food fishes of the genus Trachinotus, esp T. carolinus, of American coastal regions of the Atlantic

2. a spiny-finned food fish, Palometa simillima, of North American coastal regions of the Pacific: family Stromateidae (butterfish, etc)

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• pompano
  plural
• pompanos
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of pompano

First recorded in 1770–80; from Spanish pámpano kind of fish

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Example Sentences

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pompano pompanos

I’ve tried this with the classic pompano as well as trout, salmon and cod.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2021

Sunset Lake and Bob Hall Pier are two great spots for redfish, trout, pompano, jacks, black drum, and flounder.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 24, 2020

The restaurant, Lasa, became instantly popular, a destination for whole fried pompano laced with brown butter and fish sauce, served with mustard greens and a playlist of Isaiah Rashad and Solange Knowles.

From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2018

Coconut and tamarind ebb and flow in a beautifully synchronized Goan fish curry, made with chunks of pompano.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 2016

The pompano, broiled over the low fire, tasted good.

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor

What you've been saying—about butter and pompanos and wall-paper and my den and all that?

From A Damsel in Distress by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

There one may also capture blue-fish, white-fish, sheepheads and pompanos; all delicious, the pompanos being the most highly-prized and esteemed, and most expensive, of America's many fine table fishes.

From Ranching, Sport and Travel by Thomas Carson

The yellow-tail belongs to the family Carangidæ, the same to which belong the pompanos, and is one of the gamiest of sea fishes.

From Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast by Harry Thom Payne

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