pompano

Inflections of 'pompano' (n):

pompano: npl (Especially as a collective plural—e.g. "Pompano are saltwater fish.")

pompanos: npl (Mainly used to talk about different types—e.g. "Pompanos include the Florida pompano and the blackblotch pompano.")

pom•pa•no n., pl. (esp. collectively) -no, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) -nos.

Fisha deep-bodied food fish, Trachinotus carolinus, inhabiting waters off the South Atlantic and Gulf states.
Fisha food fish, Preprilus simillimus, of California.
coquina.

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pompano /ˈpɒmpəˌnəʊ/ n ( pl -no, -nos)

any of several deep-bodied carangid food fishes of the genus Trachinotus, esp T. carolinus, of American coastal regions of the Atlantic
a spiny-finned food fish, Palometa simillima, of North American coastal regions of the Pacific: family Stromateidae (butterfish, etc)

Etymology: 19th Century: from Spanish pámpano type of fish, of uncertain origin

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