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POMPANO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pompano mean? 

POMPANO (noun)
  The noun POMPANO has 2 senses:

1. flesh of pompano; warm-water fatty fishplay

2. any of several deep-bodied food fishes of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexicoplay

  Familiarity information: POMPANO used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


POMPANO (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Flesh of pompano; warm-water fatty fish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("pompano" is a kind of...):

saltwater fish (flesh of fish from the sea used as food)

Holonyms ("pompano" is a part of...):

pompano (any of several deep-bodied food fishes of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of several deep-bodied food fishes of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("pompano" is a kind of...):

carangid; carangid fish (a percoid fish of the family Carangidae)

Meronyms (parts of "pompano"):

pompano (flesh of pompano; warm-water fatty fish)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pompano"):

Florida pompano; Trachinotus carolinus (found in coastal waters New England to Brazil except clear waters of West Indies)

permit; Trachinotus falcatus (large game fish; found in waters of the West Indies)

Holonyms ("pompano" is a member of...):

genus Trachinotus; Trachinotus (a genus of Carangidae)


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