n.
Pronunciation: ' päm-p ə - ˌ n ō , ' p ə m-
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -no or -nos
Etymology: American Spanish pámpano, from Spanish, a percoid fish ( Sparus auratus ), literally, vine leaf, from Latin pampinus
Date: 1778
1 : a carangid food fish ( Trachinotus carolinus ) of the western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico broadly : any of several related fishes
2 : a small bluish or greenish butterfish ( Peprilus simillimus ) of the Pacific coast of No. America