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Pomfret

Pomfret Meaning & Definition
Pomfret Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pomfret?

[n] deep-bodied sooty-black pelagic spiny-finned fish of North Atlantic and North Pacific; valued for food

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pomfret: Brama raii

Related Terms | Find terms related to Pomfret:

See Also | Brama | bream | genus Brama | sea bream

Pomfret In Webster's Dictionary

\Pom"fret\, n. [Perhaps corrupt. fr. Pg. pampano a kind of fish.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) One of two or more species of marine food fishes of the genus {Stromateus} ({S. niger}, {S. argenteus}) native of Southern Europe and Asia. (b) A marine food fish of Bermuda ({Brama Raji}).

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