| Pronunciation: | | 'pâmfrit
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[n] deep-bodied sooty-black pelagic spiny-finned fish of North Atlantic and North Pacific; valued for food |
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POMFRET is a 7 letter word that starts with P. |
| | Synonyms: | | Brama raii |
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| | See Also: | | Brama, bream, genus Brama, sea bream |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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