pompano Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun flesh of pompano; warm-water fatty fish
  2. noun any of several deep-bodied food fishes of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico

WordNet

Pom"pa*no noun
Etymology
Sp. pámpano.
Definitions
(Zoöl.)
  1. Any one of several species of marine fishes of the genus Trachynotus, of which four species are found on the Atlantic coast of the United States; -- called also palometa. ✍ They have a brilliant silvery or golden luster, and are highly esteemed as food fishes. The round pompano (T. thomboides) and the Carolina pompano (T. Carolinus) are the most common. Other species occur on the Pacific coast.
  2. A California harvest fish (Stromateus simillimus), highly valued as a food fish.

Webster 1913