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Webster 1913 Edition
Pomfret
Pom′fret
,Noun.
[Perhaps corrupt. fr. Pg.
pampano
a kind of fish.] (Zool.)
(a)
One of two or more species of marine food fishes of the genus
Stromateus
(Stromateus niger
, Stromateus argenteus
) native of Southern Europe and Asia. (b)
A marine food fish of Bermuda (
Brama Raji
).