palometa

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palometa - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Palometa \Pa`lo*me"ta\, n. (Zool.)
     A type of pompano (Palometa simillima) that is smaller than
     the Florida pompano; it is common in West Indies. Called also
     the California pompano.
  
     Syn: California pompano, Palometa simillima.
          [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

  Pompano \Pom"pa*no\, n. [Sp. p['a]mpano.] [Written also
     pampano.] (Zool.)
     1. Any one of several species of marine fishes of the genus
        Trachynotus, of which four species are found on the
        Atlantic coast of the United States; -- called also
        palometa.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: They have a brilliant silvery or golden luster, and are
           highly esteemed as food fishes. The round pompano
           (Trachynotus thomboides) and the Carolina pompano
           (Trachynotus Carolinus) are the most common. Other
           species occur on the Pacific coast.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A California harvest fish (Stromateus simillimus),
        highly valued as a food fish.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Pompano shell (Zool.), a small bivalve shell of the genus
        Donax; -- so called because eaten by the pompano.
        [Florida]
        [1913 Webster]

palometa - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  palometa
      n 1: smaller than Florida pompano; common in West Indies [syn:
           palometa, California pompano, Palometa simillima]