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FUMADO
Etymology
Noun
fumado (plural fumados or fumadoes)
a smoked fish, especially a pilchard
Source: Wiktionary
Fu*made", Fu*ma"do (, n.; pl. Fumades, Fumadoes. Etym: [Sp. fumodo smoked, p. p. of fumar to smoke, fr. L. fumare. See Fume, v. i.]
Definition: A salted and smoked fish, as the pilchard.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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