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POMFRET
pomfret, Brama raii
(noun) deep-bodied sooty-black pelagic spiny-finned fish of the northern Atlantic and northern Pacific; valued for food
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pomfret (plural pomfret or pomfrets)
A fish of family Bramidae, consisting of eight genera and some twenty species.
Several species of butterfishes in the genus Pampus.
Source: Wiktionary
Pom"fret, n. Etym: [Perhaps corrupt. fr. Pg. pampano a kind of fish.] (Zoöl.) (a) One of two or more species of marine food fishes of the genus Stromateus (S. niger, S. argenteus) native of Southern Europe and Asia. (b) A marine food fish of Bermuda (Brama Raji).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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