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pomfret
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pomfret has 1 sense
- pomfret(n = noun.animal) brama raii - deep-bodied sooty-black pelagic spiny-finned fish of the northern Atlantic and northern Pacific; valued for food; Array is a member of brama, genus brama
is a kind of bream, sea bream
CIDE DICTIONARY
pomfret, n. [Perhaps corrupt. fr. Pg. pampano a kind of fish.].
One of two or more species of marine food fishes of the genus Stromateus (Stromateus niger , Stromateus argenteus ) native of Southern Europe and Asia. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pomfret, n.
1 any of various fish of the family Stromateidae of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
2 a dark-coloured deep-bodied marine fish, Brama brama, used as food.
1 any of various fish of the family Stromateidae of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
2 a dark-coloured deep-bodied marine fish, Brama brama, used as food.
Etymology
app. f. Port. pampo
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