/pom"peuh noh'/ , n. , pl. ( esp. collectively ) pompano , ( esp. referring to two or more kinds or species ) pompanos .
1. a deep-bodied food fish, Trachinotus carolinus, inhabiting waters off the South Atlantic and Gulf states.
2. a food fish, Preprilus simillimus, of California.
3. coquina.
[ 1770-80; pámpano kind of fish ]