stromateus simillimus

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stromateus simillimus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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     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.
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     2. A California harvest fish (Stromateus simillimus),
        highly valued as a food fish.
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     Pompano shell (Zool.), a small bivalve shell of the genus
        Donax; -- so called because eaten by the pompano.
        [Florida]
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