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palometa
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun palometa has 1 sense
- palometa(n = noun.animal) california pompano, palometa simillima - smaller than Florida pompano; common in West Indies; Array is a kind of butterfish, stromateid, stromateid fish
is a member of genus palometa
CIDE DICTIONARY
palometa, n.
A type of pompano (Palometa simillima ) that is smaller than the Florida pompano; it is common in West Indies. Called also the California pompano . [1913 Webster]
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