pompano
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 17
- Letters
- 7
/ˈpɒmpənəʊ/(UK)
Definition of pompano
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- Any of various carangid fish of genus Trachinotus or species Alectis ciliaris (African pompano), from coastal parts of the North Atlantic.
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noun
- Any of various carangid fish of genus Trachinotus or species Alectis ciliaris (African pompano), from coastal parts of the North Atlantic.
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(US)A Pacific pompano, an edible butterfish of species Peprilus simillimus.
“Monsieur Ratignolle was prepared to take things seriously; the mets, the entre-mets, the service, the decorations, even the people. He looked up from his pompano and inquired of Arobin if he were related to the gentleman of that name who formed one of the firm of Laitner and Arobin, lawyers.”
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Etymology
From Spanish pámpano (“Stromateus fiatola”). Compare pomfret.
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