pompano

/ˌpɑmpəˈnoʊ/

Other forms: pompanos

Definitions of pompano

1. noun

   any of several deep-bodied food fishes of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
   types:

   Florida pompano, Trachinotus carolinus

   found in coastal waters New England to Brazil except clear waters of West Indies

   Trachinotus falcatus, permit

   large game fish; found in waters of the West Indies

   type of:

   carangid, carangid fish

   a percoid fish of the family Carangidae
2. noun

   flesh of pompano; warm-water fatty fish
   type of:

   saltwater fish

   flesh of fish from the sea used as food