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Webster 1913 Edition
Pompano
Pom′pa-no
,Noun.
[Sp.
pámpano
.] [Written also
pampano
.] (Zool.)
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
. ☞ They have a brilliant silvery or golden luster, and are highly esteemed as food fishes. The round pompano (
Trachynotus thomboides
) and the Carolina pompano (Trachynotus 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
(Zool.)
, a small bivalve shell of the genus
Donax
; – so called because eaten by the pompano. [Florida]