pompanos

Variant of pompano

pompano definition

☆ pom·pano (päm′pə nō′)

noun pl. pompano -·no′ or pompanos -·nos′

any of various edible, marine North American and West Indian jack fishes (esp. genus Trachinotus) with spiny fins and a widely forked tail

Etymology: Sp pámpano, a kind of fish, tendril < L pampinus, tendril, young shoot

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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