POMPANO


Meaning of POMPANO in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpäm-pə-ˌnō, ˈpəm- ]

noun

( 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 North America

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