[pom.pa.no] n, pl -no or -nos [AmerSp pampano, fr. Sp, a percoid fish (Sparus auratus), lit., vine leaf, fr. L pampinus] (1778) 1: a carangid food fish (Trachinotus carolinus) of the southern Atlantic and Gulf coasts of No. America; broadly: any of several related fishes
2: a small bluish or greenish butterfish (Peprilus simillimus) of the Pacific coast