Definition of POMPANO

pompano

Meanings

Plural: pompanoes, pompanos

Noun

  • flesh of pompano; warm-water fatty fish
  • any of several deep-bodied food fishes of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
  • Any of various carangid fish of genus Trachinotus or species Alectis ciliaris (African pompano), from coastal parts of the North Atlantic.
  • A Pacific pompano, an edible butterfish of species Peprilus simillimus.

Origin / Etymology

From Spanish pámpano (“Stromateus fiatola”). Compare pomfret.

Scrabble Score: 13

pompano is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
pompano is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pompano is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

pompano is a valid Words With Friends word