n.
Pronunciation: ' päm-fr ə t, ' p ə m-
Function: noun
Etymology: alteration of earlier pamflet, probably from French pample, from Portuguese pampo
Date: 1813
1 : any of a family (Bramidae) of usually deep-bodied spiny-finned oceanic fishes some of which are used for food
2 : a silvery deep-bodied marine food fish ( Pampus argenteus of the family Stramateidae) of Asia