n.
Pronunciation: ' p ə r- ˌ mit, p ə r- '
Function: noun
Etymology: perhaps by folk etymology from Spanish palometa, a kind of pompano, from diminutive of paloma dove, from Latin palumba, palumbes ― more at PALOMINO
Date: circa 1945
: either of two pompanos ( Trachinotus falcatus and T. goodei ) that are important game fishes of temperate to tropical waters of the western Atlantic