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PALOMETA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does palometa mean?
• PALOMETA (noun)
The noun PALOMETA has 1 sense:
1. smaller than Florida pompano; common in West Indies
Familiarity information: PALOMETA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Smaller than Florida pompano; common in West Indies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
California pompano; palometa; Palometa simillima
Hypernyms ("palometa" is a kind of...):
butterfish; stromateid; stromateid fish (small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines)
Holonyms ("palometa" is a member of...):
genus Palometa (a genus of Stromateidae)
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